Clare McGrane
Senior Producer
About
Clare is the senior producer for Seattle Eats with Tan Vinh, a food podcast from KUOW and the Seattle Times. She shapes the show from story selection to sound mixing, and works with the host and editors to bring a diverse set of guests on mic and engage with the show's audience.
Prior to Seattle Eats, Clare helped develop and produce the region's premier news podcast, Seattle Now. Her coverage spanned a variety of topics, but she specialized in covering the COVID pandemic and reporting on local governments. Before joining KUOW in 2018, Clare covered the health sciences beat at GeekWire, where she also produced the outlet's podcasts.
Clare grew up between the Seattle area and her family home in Ayrshire, Scotland. She graduated from the University of Washington in 2016 with a B.A. in Creative Writing and Journalism. Outside of work, Clare spends her time crocheting, bouldering, and playing a kind-hearted (if not very smart) Rider of Rohan in her Lord of the Rings roleplaying game campaign.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, conversational French
Pronouns: she/her
Stories
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Holding police officers accountable
An Auburn police officer killed a man in 2019. Now he's being sued over the man's death, and the lawsuit reveals how officers with a history of misconduct can stay on duty for years. The state is hoping to change that with a new civilian-led task force.
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Checking the Covid risk meter
Covid cases are creeping up in King County, and our testing infrastructure is getting worse at detecting them. Just how worried should we be?
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Seattle Now: A Kraken fan's miraculous save
The Seattle Kraken's debut season is almost over. For today's episode, we revisit a story of chance and quick thinking that started at the team's home opener and ends with a fan saving a man's life.
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Seattle Now: How's your mental health?
Disasters like the Covid pandemic have a dramatic impact on our mental health. Two years after the pandemic started, we're still not out of the woods — but there's an opportunity to make changes for the better.
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Seattle Now: Wolverines return to Washington
There haven't been Wolverines in Washington in nearly 100 yea
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Saving trees, making moolah
Washington's public lands aren't all protected from logging. In fact, the state makes a lot of money for schools, libraries and hospitals by cutting down trees. That's starting to change with a new plan to preserve forests and "lease" them to companies looking to offset their carbon footprints.
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Seattle now: The Amazon Labor Union
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island have formed thei
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Is the pandemic still an emergency?
Much of the state's covid response stems from Governor Inslee's emergency powers. But two years on, some say the emergency is over and it's time to give them up. KUOW's Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins explains why it won't be easy.
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One of Washington's favorite hikes, Rattlesnake Ledge, gets a major makeover
The Rattlesnake Ledge trail leads to one of the best views in the Seattle region. This summer, the trail will look a little different thanks to an overhaul to a
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WA's most popular hike gets a makeover
Pull out your boots and your bug spray, it's hiking season! Washington’s trails are more popular than ever, but all those extra feet mean our trails need some extra TLC. Today, we'll take you out with a crew fixing up one of the the state’s most popular hikes — Rattlesnake Ledge.