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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Western State Hospital CEO Fired, New Chief Brought In
Kim Malcolm speaks with AP reporter Martha Belisle about the problems at Washington state's largest psychiatric hospital and why Governor Jay Inslee...
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Seattle Sisters Launch Their Cat Into Space (Sort Of)
Kim Malcolm speaks with Seattle sisters Rebecca, 11, and Kimberly Yeung, 9, about bringing their "spacecraft," the Loki Lego Launcher, to the White...
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Equal Pay Day Should Be A Call To Companies, Not To Women
Kim Malcolm speaks with Seattle resident Ruchika Tulshyan, author of "The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality In The Workplace," about why...
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Could More Staffing And Higher Pay Fix Western State Hospital?
Kim Malcolm talks with state Rep. Laurie Jinkins (D-Tacoma) about the problems facing Western State Hospital and why she believes adding staff and...
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Boeing Layoffs Announced, Washington Considers Tying Tax Breaks To Jobs
The Boeing Company is expected to cut 4,000 jobs by June, with further cuts possible later in the year. The company announced plans to trim the...
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New Initiative Campaign Aims To Remove Guns From Potentially Violent Family Members
Kim Malcolm talks with Stephanie Ervin, campaign manager for a statewide initiative campaign that would allow a person to petition a court for an...
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Should You Have To Be A U.S. Citizen To Be A Cop?
Kim Malcolm talks with King County Sheriff John Urquhart about a proposed law that would allow any legal Washington resident – not just American citizen...
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Levies Faring Well So Far In Washington Special Elections
Kim Malcolm talks with education reporter Ann Dornfeld about how levies and bond measures in the Puget Sound area are faring after last night's ballot returns. Nearly half of Washington's 295 school districts asked voters for more money in the special election.
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Epic Snowfall Closes I-90, Seattle's Link To Outside World
Update, 10 a.m., Dec. 26, 2015: The Washington state Department of Transportation tweeted early Christmas Day that Interstate 90 westbound had reopened....
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Hidden Doors That Only Seattle's Orthodox Jews Can See
After the sun sets on Fridays, Orthodox Jews may not push a stroller. Nor may they carry tissues or books outside their homes. But there’s a loophole:...