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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Education
Vashon Island ‘Band of Brothers’ program focuses on identity and healthy masculinity
‘One of the things that surprises me is how contagious vulnerability can be.’
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Health
Obamacare vs Texas: Washington has skin in the game at the next ACA Supreme Court challenge
‘Hey, wait a second, Judge. If the Department of Justice won't defend that law, let us do it.’
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A personal, hopeful view of the enduring legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
‘The world has changed, partly because of her work, as an individual, as a lawyer, as a judge, as a feminist.’
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'How do I get my relative to stop sharing stuff that’s clearly untrue?' and other tips
The murky world of misinformation has been grabbing more headlines in 2020, and if you’ve been too busy/panicked/overwhelmed to tune in and learn more about it, believe me, I get it.
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Coping amid disaster: How we can mentally prepare for a pandemic winter
Mental health professionals anticipate that roughly 3 million Washingtonians will have "clinically significant symptoms" by the end of 2020.
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Education
Washington state’s new Teacher of the Year sees challenges, opportunities amid distance learning
‘I think teaching is an act of love.’
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Environment
'Scorched earth, as far as the eye can see.' How Washington wildfires are devastating human and animal communities
Since Labor Day, more than 600,000 acres have burned across Washington State. Wildfires have burned an area more than 10 times the size of Seattle. In the city of Bridgeport, in North Central Washington, the wildfires wiped out homes and structures. It's also threatening a key species there.
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SDOT points to rays of hope for reopening the West Seattle Bridge
‘If there were rust all through the steel inside the bridge, then it would be a lost cause to fix it, but the steel is in decent shape.’
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Politics
Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett on her prediction for Nov. 3, and the protests
‘It's going to be up to every American to say we have a responsibility to heal these wounds, too.’
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Politics
Tim Eyman fakes 'Recall Durkan' petitions, ticking off the real Recall campaign
‘He gave speeches acting as if he launched it, but he actually has nothing really to do with it.’