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
Council passes 2021 Seattle budget, policing cuts included
“We're going to slowly and systematically, as much as we can, redirect funds from the Seattle Police Department to upstream programs.”
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Health
Lessons from the last time Seattle let its pandemic guard down, in 1918
We'll take a look back now to more than a century ago on the dangers of letting our guard down over the holidays. During the 1918 flu pandemic, Seattle put in place some tight restrictions on masking and gathering. The decisions that followed were catastrophic. So writes Knute Birger, Editor-at-large for Crosscut.
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Education
Teachers balk at returning to school as Covid cases surge in Seattle area
There have been roughly 36 coronavirus outbreaks related to schools in Washington state.
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Health
Health officials call for action as the predicted Covid-19 spike materializes
‘It's getting bad. We are breaking records, and not in a good way.’
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Health
Promising vaccine results amid spike in COVID-19 cases
The pharmaceutical company Pfizer, has released promising news in regards to a Covid-19 vaccine. During the companies' COVID-19 vaccine trials, early analysis shows their vaccine is more than 90% effective at preventing the virus. This news is timely as the United States and Washington State are currently heading into the biggest surge of coronavirus cases yet. Dr. Vinay Gupta is a pulmonologist and critical care physician at the University of Washington. He joined us to discuss the potential Covid-19 vaccine and rising cases in Washington state.
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Government
Behind the change in how King County will choose a sheriff
‘…a direct response to the demonstrations calling for police accountability.’
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Politics
Not registered to vote? Here's how to cast your ballot by Election Day in King County
The 2020 presidential election is just a few days away, and Washington state is seeing record numbers of received ballots. And if you're not yet registered, it’s not too late. King County elections director Julie Wise shares some insights on how to register and vote in these finals days.
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Health
Election anxiety stressing you out? We asked a psychiatrist about how to cope
‘I think the first step is to take stock individually: What regulates me?’
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Government
Officials prepare for possible civil unrest in the wake of the election
‘If you get out into the weeds on the internet, you can find people talking about almost anything.’
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Beloved Seattle jazz pianist Overton Berry has died
Seattle pianist and jazz legend Overton Berry died on Monday at the age of 84.