Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers
Producer, Seattle Now
About
Brooklyn is a podcast producer on Seattle Now, KUOW's weekday news podcast. She started podcasting as host, creator, and producer of We the (Black) People: An American History Podcast in 2020 and has been trying to uncover stories that aren't getting enough attention ever since.
Her first podcasting job was at Crosscut/KCTS 9 and she has a history degree from the University of Chicago.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: she/her
Affiliations: Seattle Association of Black Journalists
Podcasts
Stories
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Why people are protesting Microsoft tech used by Israel
Big Tech companies are powerful, influential, and often hard to hold accountable. But No Azure for Apartheid is trying to get Microsoft to make changes through protests. Those protests have escalated recently. There’s lots to talk about and Geekwire reporter and co-founder Todd Bishop is here to discuss.
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A new Seattle clinic aims to turn an overdose into recovery
Stabilizing someone after a drug overdose is critical to their survival, but that’s often not the end of their struggle with opioid use disorder. A new recovery option is opening in Seattle this week. We’ll learn more about it with UW medicine’s Dr. Caleb Banta-Green.
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Casual Friday with Todd Bishop and Jeff Shulman
Kroger announced upcoming closures to 4 Fred Meyers in the Seattle area. Washington’s only hybrid electric ferry isn’t working. And people are acting up in public. UW Professor Jeff Shulman and Geekwire Co-Founder Todd Bishop are here to break down the week.
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Therapists are waiting months to begin practicing in WA
Becoming a mental health professional can take years of training and education. The licensing process is supposed to be quick, though. But lately, it’s been taking months instead of a few weeks. Hannah Furfaro from the Seattle Times dives into how this affects future mental health care workers and patients seeking care.
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Monday Evening Headlines
Only a King County Council vote can make First Hill's proposed behavioral health center a reality, last week's rain slowed the Bear Gulch Fire, and the first WNBA statue is in Seattle and is of Sue Bird. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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Not your playground's jump rope: These jumpers from West Seattle compete around the world
On a 90-degree July afternoon inside a karate studio in West Seattle, there was no AC, just a handful of struggling box fans. That wasn't slowing down the 44 kids, aged 7 to 17, who whipped ropes around as turners and jumpers focused on sharpening their Double Dutch skills.
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One of the world's best jump rope teams calls West Seattle home
Jumping rope can be a low tech way to spend a summer afternoon. But it’s also an international sport. We’ll hear from a local youth jump rope team who represented the US this summer in Japan.
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Unpacking Seattle's progressive turn this primary
The votes are still being counted. But if the primary is any indicator, Seattle voters are looking to shake things up. We’ll talk about who's moving on to the November election, what they might need to win, and what it all says about Seattle politics. Seattle Times reporter David Kroman is here to explain.
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Tuesday Evening Headlines
One last thing about today's primary election, an update about the Titan submersible, and news about two Seattle murals. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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Monday Evening Headlines
Researchers solved the mystery of the wasting sea stars, we have a primary election tomorrow, and Microsoft reports on the jobs most and least susceptible to AI. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.