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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Why doctors can turn away Medicare patients, even if they pay cash
Last week, KUOW listener Carole Glickfeld reached out to us with a story. She had come down with walking pneumonia. “I was very weak, feverish, I felt...
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Is Seattle a hockey town? More than you might realize
Kim Malcolm talks with Jeff Obermeyer about the history of professional hockey in Seattle. Obermeyer runs the Seattle Hockey website and is author of...
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Why are wealthy school districts in WA about to get richer?
Kim Malcolm talks with Seattle Times reporter Neal Morton about why some wealthier school districts are getting a bigger boost in funding than poorer...
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So much for young blood, millennials give the least
Millennials sure do get blamed for a lot. And here's one more thing: According to a new national poll, millennials are the largest generation in the...
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This Yakima Valley school district has had guns on campus since 2014
Following a mass shooting at a Florida high school two weeks ago, lawmakers and President Donald Trump have reintroduced the idea of arming teachers. In...
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These WA Democrats disagree on what to do about military-style guns
Kim Malcolm talks with state Sen. Kevin Ranker (D-Orcas Island) about why he's co-sponsoring a bill that would raise the age requirements to purchase...
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'It's time to broaden what the definition of black art means'
Carol Rashawnna Williams is a visual artist in Seattle. Climate change is a frequent subject for her. She believes art can be a powerful medium to help...
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Who killed Thomas Wales? New podcast is searching for clues
Kim Malcolm talks with David Payne and Jody Gottlieb about the unsolved murder of Federal Prosecutor Thomas Wales. In 2001, Wales was shot to death in...
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Bellevue dealer won't sell long guns to those under 21
Kim Malcolm talks with Jason Cazes, owner of Low Price Guns in Bellevue, about why he's decided to not sell long guns, which include military-style...
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'Big cultural change' needed to prevent campus suicides
Kim Malcolm talks with University of Washington associate professor Jennifer Stuber about suicide prevention on college campuses. Last week, the...