Liz Brazile
Interim Online Managing Editor
About
As KUOW's Interim Online Managing Editor, Liz oversees the newsroom's daily web coverage and digital news strategy. She also edits and reports stories for kuow.org.
Liz is among 10 journalists selected by ProPublica in 2024 to undergo the outlet's rigorous Investigative Editor Training Program. She's under ProPublica's mentorship through 2025.
Liz joined KUOW in January 2020 as an Online Editor/Producer. Prior to that, Liz covered education for Crosscut/KCTS 9. She is also an alumna of YES! Magazine, WLWT-TV, and The Cincinnati Herald. Liz currently serves as Senior Vice President of the Seattle Association of Black Journalists. She has also served board terms as President and Secretary of the chapter.
Liz was born and raised in Cincinnati, OH. A violinist, Liz originally started her college career thinking she'd become a music teacher. But after befriending a journalism major at the University of Cincinnati, she was inspired to pursue a career in news instead.
When she's not busy with the news, Liz enjoys roller skating, exploring new places, working out, and doting on her Yorkie.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English and conversational Spanish
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Professional Affiliations: Seattle Association of Black Journalists; National Association of Black Journalists; Investigative Reporters and Editors; and Ida B. Wells Society
Stories
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Gov. Inslee tightens business restrictions in Washington's phased reopening, citing rising Covid-19 cases
Gov. Jay Inslee has made various amendments to Washington's four-phase reopening plan, including new restrictions on patronizing restaurants, gyms, and entertainment venues, and attending weddings and funerals.
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Protester Diaz Love speaks out about deadly Seattle car ramming and the journey to recovering
Love says they aren't sure what the journey to recovery will look like, but that they intend to get back out onto the front lines of civil rights demonstrations as soon as possible.
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Seattle driver charged in protester's death pleads not guilty, relatives speak out
Dawit Kelete, 27, pleaded not guilty to charges brought against him in connection with an Interstate 5 collision that left one protester dead and another severely injured earlier this month.
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Health
Coronavirus vaccine shows promising immune response in animals, University of Washington researchers say
Researchers with the University of Washington's Department of Microbiology say a coronavirus vaccine they are developing has generated protective antibodies in mice and non-human primates with just one injection.
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An ex-cop's journey to racial justice advocacy: 'I choose my people, I choose my community'
The path to becoming a community and youth advocate wasn't straightforward for 30-year-old Federal Way resident, Evan Cook. Cook, a former Eastern Washington University Police officer, shared his journey from the force to the front lines of community activism.
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Protesters and relatives seek damages from Seattle and Washington state
More than a dozen Seattle area protesters and their relatives have filed tort claims against various government agencies, after sustaining injuries — one fatal — amid ongoing local civil rights demonstrations.
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These are protesters who were injured by Seattle Police in demonstrations for racial justice
Amid Seattle protests against racism and police violence, several stories of people injured by police grabbed our readers' attention. These are their stories.
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This street medic was arrested during a Seattle protest, then jailed in isolation because he's transgender
Joaquin Uribe spent two days jailed in isolation after a Seattle Police officer accused him of assault during a protest. Uribe, who sustained multiple injuries during his encounter with the officer, denies those allegations and says it was the officer who escalated things.
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A child pepper sprayed, a woman's eye severely injured. Protesters condemn Seattle Police's tactics
The family of a young boy hit with pepper spray and a woman shot in the eye with a rubber bullet are speaking out about the Seattle Police Department's use of crowd control weapons against demonstrators.
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Government
Seattle coronavirus 'vaccine' peddler agrees to refund customers amid state lawsuit
Johnny T. Stine, a microbiologist who claimed to have created a coronavirus "vaccine" in half a day, has agreed to repay customers in response to a lawsuit filed by Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson.