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
Officials report low Covid-19 cases at Northwest Detention Center. But others say transparency is lacking
While ICE publicly reports just 22 cases of Covid-19 at the Northwest Detention Center during the pandemic, human rights researchers question the agency’s transparency.
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Health
With Covid-19 infections spiking more than ever, here’s what to know amid the holidays
The first doses of a Covid-19 vaccine authorized for public use have arrived in Washington state. But that's not going to change the situation significantly before the holiday season ends. Public health officials are urging people to keep masking up and social distancing.
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Health
As U.S. authorizes Pfizer vaccine, UW expert looks at hopes and challenges that lie ahead
For a look at what comes next, KUOW’S Kim Malcolm spoke with vaccine expert Deborah Fuller, professor of microbiology at the University of Washington.
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Law & Courts
Will there be repercussions for frivolous Trump election lawsuits? UW law professor says yes
‘In about 10 minutes, I identified at least eight separate sections of those rules that one or the other, or all of these lawyers have violated.’
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Politics
Clues to why Jenny Durkan won’t run again, and what to expect in the interim
‘It's hard to imagine that all of that heat from the left and the right didn't play some sort of role here.’
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Arts & Life
Larry Mizell, Jr. plays tunes that help us get through Covid afternoons
‘I'm trying to mix a little medicine for everybody.’
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Health
More WA Covid-19 hospitalizations, more deaths, and plans for a vaccine rollout
‘As we speak, in Washington there are over 1,000 people in the hospital with Covid. That's double what it was about a month ago.’
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Government
Report finds faults in the coronavirus response at a Central WA prison
A recent independent report found that key medical figures were either absent or sidelined when it came to managing a Covid-19 outbreak at the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in Central Washington.
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Ways to give amid spiking food insecurity: money, food, time
‘Last year, 1.1 million Washingtonians had turned to a food pantry for hunger relief and food assistance. This year, we expect that that number has doubled to 2.2 million, or approximately a third of our state.’
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Politics
Senator Murray on the need for Covid relief, and the concession-less transition
‘We're in this really struggling position that is frustrating to every one of us living through it.’