Kim Malcolm
Afternoon News Host
About
Kim is the local news host of KUOW's All Things Considered, airing from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. weekdays. Kim covers breaking and developing daily news, both local and regional, as part of NPR's afternoon drive time programming. She has covered the arts, municipal government, politics, and misinformation as part of KUOW's Stand with the Facts live event series, in partnership with the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public. She really enjoys election night coverage, in spite of herself. Kim started out in broadcast journalism in Calgary at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, before working at NPR member station KERA in Dallas and then KUOW. Kim spends most winters waiting for baseball season to start.
Location: Seattle and the Eastside
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her
Stories
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Arts & Life
Singing your pandemic heart out, whatever it takes
A musical break thanks to the UW Chorale
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Education
Washington state juniors and seniors could get an extra year of high school
Students are trying to figure out what's next after a year of disruption to schooling, sports, and all the things that usually go along with high school. Now, they could get a do-over.
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Technology
Privacy and your Seattle commute: Potential dark side to city data monitoring
‘There is evidence of a significant market for geolocation data from cell phones. Standing right at the front of the line is the federal government.’
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Business
One year into the pandemic, how will downtown Seattle thrive again?
Over the last year, the pandemic has taken a major toll on downtown Seattle's business community. Even with more vaccines on the horizon, the future of downtown Seattle remains uncertain. Jon Scholes is President of the Downtown Seattle Association. He spoke with KUOW’S Kim Malcolm about how downtown can recover from the pandemic, and what needs to be reimagined to bring people back.
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Politics
New UW study investigates how lies about the 2020 election were pushed by online super spreaders
A new report from the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public looks at how the 'big lie' about a stolen election led to the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Kate Starbird is one of the report's co-authors, and she talked about the findings with KUOW's Kim Malcolm.
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Pandemic side effect: Zero flu deaths in Washington state
‘We have seen almost no flu in the United States as a whole, and certainly none in Washington state. It has been quite remarkable.’
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Technology
ShakeAlert test part of long-awaited earthquake preparedness plan
‘It has been a long time coming, and it's not even completely built out yet.’
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Business
Mariner’s CEO Mather out after comments about players become public
‘If you're a foreign-born player, or an agent, how does it make you feel to hear the team president disparaging a player's English language abilities?’
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Politics
New UW study examines Trump followers' MAGA beliefs
What we wanted to do was test this hypothesis: That these people are just really into conspiratorial thinking because of this political paranoia that they have.
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Politics
Patty Murray looks to move forward on big issues after second Trump acquittal
‘I think Republicans really have to think about who they are, what they stand for, what kind of a strong country they want that is enduring for people everywhere. I'm hoping that they will work with us.’