Ann Dornfeld
Reporter
About
Ann is a reporter on KUOW's Investigations team. Previously, she covered education stories for KUOW for a decade, with a focus on investigations into racial and socioeconomic inequities.
Her ongoing series exposing Seattle Public Schools’ lenient discipline of staff who abused students has won investigative reporting awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Radio Television Digital News Association, and the Education Writers Association. She was also lauded for her years of work covering disparities in the amount of recess and P.E. time students received in low-income schools.
Previously, Ann worked at Alaska Public Radio Network in Anchorage, and KLCC in Eugene, Oregon. Her freelance work, focusing on science and environmental issues, has appeared on national outlets including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Marketplace and The World.
Ann’s marine and underwater photography has appeared in the American Museum of Natural History and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
She lives with her husband and two children in South Seattle.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: Member, Investigative Reporters and Editors
Stories
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Seattle teachers begin contract negotiations under cloud of $100 million shortfall
Contract talks have started between Seattle Public Schools and its teachers’ union over two agreements that expire this summer.
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Some low-income renters in King County evicted without attorneys, despite state law
As eviction case filings in King County reach record high levels, some low-income tenants have been going without legal representation despite a 2021 law that gives them the right to counsel.
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'The $100 million question.' How will Seattle Public Schools close its lingering deficit?
The Seattle School Board is looking again at how to handle an anticipated $104 million budget shortfall.
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Family of Garfield High student fatally shot on campus sues Seattle Public Schools
The family of a 17-year-old Garfield High School student shot and killed at lunchtime last year is suing Seattle Public Schools, alleging negligence.
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City planned to withhold West Seattle light rail environmental concerns from regulators, public
Internal City of Seattle communications leaked to KUOW show that officials planned to withhold some environmental concerns from the public and federal regulators regarding Sound Transit’s planned West Seattle Link light rail extension.
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Is your ID enhanced? Air travelers scramble to meet May 7 deadline
New U.S. Department of Homeland Security identification requirements go into effect May 7 for domestic air travel, as well as for entry into some federal offices, when the long-delayed federal REAL ID Act goes into effect.
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King County sees 'crush' of evictions as renters struggle to rebound from pandemic, inflation
The King County Sheriff’s Office received 702 eviction orders in March after Seattle’s winter moratorium lifted on the first of the month. That's more than twice the 317 orders the agency received the previous March.
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Seattle's e-scooters are hot. Helmets are not. The brain injuries can be 'profound'
Seattle’s popular ride-share electric scooters are sending tens of thousands of people zipping across town — and some to Harborview with serious injuries. Last year, the city’s trauma hospital saw 163 serious injuries from e-scooters or e-bikes, many of them head injuries.
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Dow Constantine tapped as Sound Transit CEO
The Sound Transit board voted unanimously to hire the longtime King County executive effective April 1.
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'It's a terror campaign.' Federal workers in Seattle area describe snitching, secrecy under Trump
Federal workers in Seattle and across Washington state say they feel whiplash since Trump took office and issued a flurry of executive orders geared at cutting the federal government to “eliminate waste, bloat, and insularity.” KUOW spoke with 15 employees across seven agencies, most of whom agreed to speak on condition of anonymity for fear of getting fired.
