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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Seattle Now: WA's election results
We’re still on tenterhooks waiting for the results of the presidential election, but lots of races in Washington have already been called. Today on the show: five things you need to know about Washington's results.
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Seattle Now: WA's Obama-Trump vote
Five counties flipped from blue to red in 2016, and the reason why could tell us how the next election will go.
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Seattle Now: Students left behind by online learning
More than a month into the online school year, it's clear many students are struggling. Students with disabilities have been largely left behind.
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Seattle Now: Politics is in for young voters
Years of youth-led protests over climate change, gun control and policing have ignited a new generation of voters. Now young people are turning up at the polls in record numbers.
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Seattle Now: How's our transit system holding up?
Our transit budget may have dodged a bullet in the defeat of I 976, but Covid is creating financial and safety problems for busses and light rail.
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Seattle Now: Conspiracy theories are on the ballot
President Trump has been challenged for sharing information about far-fetched conspiracy theories, but he's far from the only politician doing so. Conspiracies and misinformation are showing up in elections all over Washington.
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Seattle Now: Should I go to the movies?
Theatres are opening in the Seattle region for the first time since March, and restaurants and weddings will have looser restrictions. How should we gauge the risks of these new options?
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Seattle Now: WA's Latinx vote
Latino voters are the "sleeping giant" of politics. In Washington, they're becoming an increasingly important part of the electorate.
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Seattle Now: The trauma of Covid
If you’ve been really tired lately, or maybe losing track of details you’d normally remember, it's not just "Covid brain." You might have pandemic trauma.
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Seattle Now: Trump's Seattle strategy
President Trump is still using Seattle as a bogeyman in his campaign. What's the point, and why does this tactic work?