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 are asylum seekers sneaking into Canada through Washington?
Kim Malcolm talks with Seattle Times reporter Nina Shapiro about why a growing number of asylum seekers are sneaking into Canada through Washington state.
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Bremerton wouldn't exist without this Seattleite
William Bremer, born in Germany, moved to Seattle first. But it was Bremerton, the city across Puget Sound, to which Bremer "gave his name and his...
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Want to argue about 'sharia'? Here's what it means
There was an “anti-sharia” rally at Seattle City Hall on Saturday — part of similar rallies around the U.S.
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For this Seattle doctor, hate is a public health issue
Hate crimes in Seattle are on the rise. So far this year, 80 separate incidents have been reported to police. The city is on pace for 320 hate crimes...
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The other time Washington state had Obamacare
Remember that time back in the 1990s when Washington state had Obamacare?
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Buried in Trump's budget: a blow to sanctuary cities like Seattle
Kim Malcolm talks with Huffington Post immigration reporter Elise Foley about how President Trump's budget proposal could impact sanctuary jurisdictions...
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ICE is combing through police data, including Seattle's
Kim Malcolm talks with reporter George Joseph about how federal immigration officials are able to directly access regional law enforcement databases,...
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Why Washington's undocumented immigrant population is rising
Kim Malcolm talks with Pew Research Center demographer Jeff Passel about new population estimates about undocumented immigrants in the United States.
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For millions, a life in the U.S. comes down to playing the lottery
Kim Malcolm talks with reporter Amber Jamieson about the green card lottery , which gives out 50,000 green cards each year through a lottery system....
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GOP's new Obamacare plan has Washington insurance chief worried
Efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act are ramping up again. Some GOP leaders are hoping for a vote this week on their amended plan to replace Obamacare. And that has Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler worried.