Caroline Chamberlain Gomez
Editor, Seattle Now
About
Caroline Chamberlain Gomez is the editor of Seattle Now, KUOW's flagship news podcast. She's produced and edited hundreds of episodes on the people and stories that shape Seattle. She created "Casual Friday," Seattle Now's Friday episode that performs best (almost) every week. She was also a lead producer on Battle Tactics For Your Sexist Workplace and Second Wave. She has a Master's degree in Human Centered Design and Engineering from the University of Washington, and she applies a user-centered approach to her journalism and processes.
Previously she was a producer at KCRW and is a proud alum of UCLA's Daily Bruin.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, conversational German
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: The Society of Professional Journalists, Western Washington Chapter
Podcasts
Stories
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Seattle Now: King County stays in phase 3
After worries that King County would be knocked back to phase 2, we’re hitting pause.
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Suddenly we can't give vaccines away
After months of scarce appointments, all of a sudden it’s easier than ever to get a vaccine in Seattle. But people don’t seem to be rushing out to get a shot, so the city is responding with some new ideas to get people motivated to get vaccinated. KUOW’s Eilis O’Neill explains.
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"Kelp is underrated"
We could do better when it comes to taking care of Puget Sound. Maybe it would be easier if we dug deeper into the connections between us and the 150 year old geoducks living there.
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Casual Friday: Virtual Seafair
This week we processed a verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, weighed whether it's safe to ditch the mask outdoors and learned that the Blue Angels will terrorize Seattle pets virtually this year.
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First day of school
It’s the first day of part time, in-person school for some middle and high schoolers in Seattle Public Schools.
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The trauma of police violence
KUOW reporter Ashley Hiruko spoke with Marquita Jackson, who was thrown to the ground 20 years ago by a Federal Way police officer. Jackson told Ashley about how this event continues to affect her in her own life and as a parent.
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A new green burial deal
Where do we go when we die? How about a garden, or forest? Washington’s first funeral home offering you the chance to become compost opened in Kent last year. We talk with founder Katrina Spade.
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No vaccine on the menu for food workers
Your favorite restaurant will soon be able to reopen... halfway, for now. But line cooks, servers and other frontline workers in the hospitality industry are frustrated that they’re still not eligible to get a covid vaccine.
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J. Kenji Lopez-Alt's take on Seattle
One of the internet’s most popular chefs is also a recently transplanted Seattleite. We meet up with J. Kenji López-Alt to get his take on the city's food scene and his much-loved YouTube cooking series.
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An Amazon warehouse may unionize
Big labor drama is brewing in tiny Bessemer, Alabama, where fifty-eight hundred Amazon warehouse workers are currently voting in a highly publicized union election. New York Times tech correspondent Karen Weise explains why their decision could be a watershed moment for the company.
