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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Health
As adult family homes fall through vaccine system cracks, Seattle and Bellevue fire departments help pull them out
Older adults in Covid-vulnerable living situations were supposed to be at the front of the vaccine line. Instead, people in facilities known as adult family homes are still waiting to get vaccinated.
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Government
Proposed bill would decriminalize drug possession, expand treatment resources in WA
"We know that recovery is really rooted in hope. Recovery flows from a place of hope, and belonging, and somebody believing that a person is capable of more than their current circumstances."
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Government
Mayor’s Q-related comments cause continuing controversy in Sequim
‘There's a real sense of angst in the community. There's a lot of tension in the community about this issue….The feeling in the community right now is pretty unsettled.’
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Health
Can't get a Covid-19 vaccination appointment? Here are some tips — if you're eligible
It's really hard to get a Covid-19 vaccination appointment in Washington state right now, even if you’re eligible. Here are some tips and tricks that might help.
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Health
Seattle Times 'Lives Remembered' series honors people we lost to COVID-19
‘I think the thing that strikes me most is just the sheer numbers. The Seattle Times knows of about only an eighth of the total deaths in Washington. For every name we know, there's so many more that we don't know.’
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Business
Why Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon's CEO
Jeff Bezos announced on Tuesday that he'll step down this year as the CEO of Amazon. But he's not leaving the company entirely.
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Health
As King County reopens indoor dining and fitness, Covid-19 experts advise caution
I think the reality is that we're on a trajectory that is positive, but it's unlikely to be a straight line toward where we're trying to go.
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Education
WA's plan to vaccinate teachers, reopen schools gets mixed reviews
‘I'm hearing so much worry from school staff members, very often not just for themselves, but for their families or for their students. They're not convinced that the school is going to be taking all of the required measures that are needed to keep students safe.’
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Despite less cars on the road, Seattle traffic deaths remain steady
The city of Seattle has an ambitious goal of eliminating all traffic fatalities and serious injuries by the year 2030. But even though fewer people are driving due to the pandemic, preliminary data shows traffic deaths in Seattle barely dropped in 2020.
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Government
WA lawmakers consider funding tenant legal representation as renters, landlords reel financially from pandemic
‘We're looking at 150,000 families that are behind in rent. It's incumbent upon us to put some money into the system upfront to save as many of those tenancies as possible.’