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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Chamber of Commerce says Seattle's new campaign spending law is motivated by politics
Kim Malcolm talks with Markham McIntyre, chief of staff for the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.
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Health
Amazon warehouse workers at high risk of getting seriously injured on the job
Kim Malcolm talks with reporter Will Evans about his investigation into injury rates at Amazon warehouses
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Politics
Seattle City Council approves the city's biggest budget in history
Kim Malcolm talks with David Hyde about the Seattle City Council's biggest vote of the year: the annual budget.
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Health
Trump says no to vaping ban. This UW expert says that's deadly for public health
Kim Malcolm talks with Dr. Vin Gupta about the federal government's role in preventing vaping deaths and injuries.
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Politics
With R-88 defeated, what's next for affirmative action in WA?
Kim Malcolm talks with Austin Jenkins about the future of affirmative action in Washington state.
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Politics
Return of the head tax? 5 things to expect with new Seattle City Council
Kim Malcolm talks with David Hyde about the potential impact of the recent Seattle City Council elections.
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Politics
Why the Pierce County Executive wants $30 car tabs, even if it could mean less transit
Kim Malcolm talks with Pierce County Executive and Sound Transit board member Bruce Dammeier about the passage of Initiative 976.
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Politics
New Seattle City Council, same policy on homelessness?
Homelessness was a big issue – maybe THE issue -- for Seattle voters in Wednesday’s City Council election. But the results are mixed bag ... so far.
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Politics
Why Kshama Sawant wanted to make Seattle's election all about Amazon
Seattle's local election had been focused on local city issues like homelessness. That changed after Amazon poured $1.5 million into city council races, giving city council member Kshama Sawant the opponent she really wanted all along: Jeff Bezos
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Politics
Social media's impact on Washington elections
Twitter's ban on political ads puts a new spotlight on political ads on social media. Kim Malcolm asks The Stranger Associate Editor Eli Sanders how this could play out in Washington in advance of next week's election.