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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Government
The stroke of a pen signals hope and caution for Muslim Americans
‘Am I hopeful? Yes. Will this finish it, in the sense that discrimination against Muslim Americans will be done and over with in the next year or two? Absolutely not.’
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Health
Vaccine distribution frustrates Washingtonians. Officials urge patience
‘About one and a half million people in the state are now eligible. At that rate, it would take four months just to get everyone who's currently already eligible their first dose.’
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Seattle-area officials not aware of any threats relating to inauguration, but are on alert anyway
Seattle officials are in touch with the FBI and Washington State Patrol about threats surrounding the presidential inauguration. No specific threats are targeting the city.
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Government
Sen. Patty Murray urges her Senate colleagues to convict Trump in impeachment trial
Kim Malcolm talks with U.S. Senator Patty Murray about the impeachment of President Donald Trump, and the upcoming session in Congress.
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Technology
Parler sues Amazon after the tech giant boots the app from its servers
‘Laws about social media that oversee what is allowed, or is not allowed, are really old and long predate this form of technology.’
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Government
Safety protocols reign in the other Washington Capitol
‘This is my 17th year covering this place. I've never seen anything like this.’
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Politics
Washington State representatives address insurrection at U.S. Capitol
‘It is stunning. It is scary. And everybody in this country should be afraid.’
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Politics
Independent Chris Vance still wary of ‘the road towards fascism’
‘We have to make sure that the right people win elections, and that people who are willing to destroy the Constitution, never are in a position of power to actually do it.’
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Arts & Life
Pandemic reading ideas: Author Donna Miscolta shares some books she admires
‘We won’t unforget all we’ve been made to stuff back into our darkest places and sew shut.’
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Arts & Life
Seattle invests in cultural space, with an eye towards inclusivity
"The history of Seattle has been this history of haves and have-nots — of those who have access to capital and to property, and those who don't."