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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Amazon vs. Union, Round 2
Amazon workers at the company’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, are voting (again) this week on if they want to join a union. It's a question that has divided workers, and the town, in a place where Amazon is viewed quite differently than they are here in Seattle.
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Back to the office
We’re past the Omicron wave and the hybrid work plans are kicking in. But office-based employees are returning to a changed workplace, and there's much for employers to learn. We’ll hear what Microsoft has discovered from two years of research into how people have been working from home.
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Seattle Now: The Great Unmasking
Masks are off... kind of. Our mask mandate ended this weekend, but are people actually ditching their face coverings? We visit two spots a
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Silenced no more
Non-disclosure agreements are a common job requirement, especially in tech. But many NDAs are so broad that they stop employees from speaking up about harassment, assault and discrimination at work. A new state law will change that.
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So long, Russell Wilson
Russell Wilson has played his last game as a Seahawk. We dig into why Wilson is being traded to the Denver Broncos, the legacy he leaves behind and what his departure means for the team next season and beyond.
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Seattle Now: Unions are back in style
Workers at companies including Amazon, REI and Starbucks are pushing to unionize across the country. It's a significant change in the labor landscape, and could signal a sea change in the power of unions in the US -- and
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Revenge of the Hard Pants
Microsoft welcomes workers back to campus today, and office leases in the city are above pre-pandemic levels. This begs the question — are we going to have to give up our sweatpants and go back to formal office attire? We're asking Shea Jensen, Executive Vice President of men's and women's attire at Nordstrom.
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Seattle Now: A lesson on masking
The state's mask mandate for schools will expire next month. That means the decision to wear a mask in the classroom (or not) will be left up to districts, families and students themselves —and the answer is far from simple.
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Ending downtown homelessness?
There's a new vision to end homelessness downtown. If that sentence just made you roll your eyes, we get it. This is a big challenge — but the new approach includes some firsts for the city that might make a big difference. Seattle Times Project Homeless reporter Scott Greenstone explains.
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The all-cash housing craze
As if buying a house in the Seattle area isn't hard enough already, enter the all-cash offer. These bids are often the ticket to buying a house in the region, and they're getting easier for people without existing wealth to access.