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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Government
Indoor gatherings, dining banned in WA as Covid-19 cases spike. Grocery stores limited
Gov. Jay Inslee on Sunday announced various new restrictions, including a temporary ban on most non-essential indoor gatherings and services, aimed at slowing the transmission of the coronavirus in Washington state.
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Health
WA Covid-19 cases reach record highs as the holiday season approaches
State health officials are pleading with people to continue social distancing practices as the holiday season approaches.
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Disillusioned: WA voters react to Biden's narrow lead over Trump
As nationwide results of the 2020 presidential election come trickling in, Washington state voters say they are feeling mixed emotions about the toss-up between Trump and Biden. Some say they're cautiously optimistic. Others say disillusionment is setting in.
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Investigations
This Auburn cop killed 3 and injured others. His department didn't stop him — outsiders did
Within a 12-year career, Auburn police officer Jeffrey Nelson has killed three people. Records obtained by KUOW reveal a litany of allegations that he has habitually engaged in misconduct, both toward civilians and colleagues alike.
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Seattle police officers used excessive force in punching and pushing protesters, accountability office finds
The findings, released on Friday, include those from a case in which an officer punched a man several times in the torso amid an arrest, and another in which an officer pushed a demonstrator to the ground twice, causing injuries to their head and face.
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Education
'Motivated by race:' Seattle Public Schools to pay $350,000 in civil rights complaint settlement
The settlement agreement centers on findings that a Black mother and her son were the target of racial discrimination and retaliation by Thornton Creek Elementary School staff during the 2017-18 academic year.
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Crime
King County has already seen 13 domestic violence homicides in 2020
King County has seen an uptick in the number and severity of domestic violence cases since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in March. The number of domestic violence homicides in the county has nearly doubled since last year, with 13 people dead as of September 30.
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Child pepper spray case: Seattle Police accountability office finds no wrongdoing
The city's Office of Police Accountability has wrapped up five investigations into complaints filed against the Seattle Police Department amid ongoing protests, including a case in which a child was hit with pepper spray.
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Environment
The presence of wildfire smoke could have you feeling bad — and not for the reason you think
As Seattle residents have taken measures to keep wildfire smoke out of their homes, they say another problem has emerged: Increased carbon dioxide levels and decreased air flow in their homes.
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Environment
'Massive' cloud of wildfire smoke arrives in Seattle overnight
A huge mass of smoke from Oregon and California wildfires made its way through Western Washington overnight Thursday, blown in by shifting winds from the southwest.