Ripple Effect: a special Soundside episode about housing in greater Seattle
A quest across greater Seattle to understand how we can grow as a region without forcing people out.
This story first aired as a special episode of KUOW's program Soundside, which you can hear by pressing the "play" button.
You can also read it in abridged form as a four-part series called The Ripple Effect: How Seattle's housing woes push people out and what to do about it.
The series and the audio documentary were reported and written by Joshua McNichols, KUOW’s Growth and Development reporter.
Freelance reporter Bunthay Cheam contributed, and we couldn't have done it without him.
Producers Sarah Leibovitz and Jason Burrows helped mix the audio documentary.
Kamna Shaastri helped with community engagement.
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Joshua McNichols
Growth and Development Reporter
As KUOW's Growth and Development reporter and co-host of KUOW's Booming podcast, Joshua's "growing pains" beat sits at the nexus of housing, transportation, urban planning, government and the economy. His favorite stories also include themes of history, technology, and climate change.
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Bunthay Cheam
Bunthay Cheam is a freelance reporter who's written for Crosscut, The International Examiner, and the South Seattle Emerald.
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Jason Burrows
Producer/Announcer
Jason M Burrows is part of the Production Team on Soundside, and takes on announcing duties when needed.
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Sarah Leibovitz
Supervising Producer, Soundside
Sarah joined KUOW in 2019 as senior producer on The Record. She is now Supervising KUOW’s new noon time show, Soundside. Prior to working at KUOW, Sarah was lead producer at the Seattle podcast production company Larj Media, and a teaching artist with Path with Art.
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