David Hyde
Reporter and Interviewer
About
David started in radio as a DJ at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Listeners responded with enthusiasm, he says, sometimes by throwing empty beer bottles at the station.
In New York, David worked as the managing editor and reporter for a regional newspaper. He also freelanced as a radio correspondent and reporter before moving to Seattle (shortly after it was still cool).
In addition to his reporting background, David has also pursued graduate work in U.S. cultural history (ABD) and he's taught college courses in U.S. cultural history.
At KUOW since 2004, David has also worked on The Conversation, Weekday, Speakers' Forum and The Record. Now a reporter, David says his main goal is to create radio that matters to KUOW listeners. If he's not doing that, please let him know.
Stories
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KUOW Newsroom
Seattle clearly has an election next week. 'It’s much less clear exactly what people want the city to do about it'
It’s showtime for the 2021 primary election. Most people will vote this weekend or at least by Monday. Be sure to get those ballots ready and have them postmarked by 8 p.m. Tuesday.
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Elections
Seattle mayoral race filled with ads, PAC money, and cash
“Tonight,” the scary movie trailer narrator reads under ominous piano music, “thousands of people will sleep outside in our parks, on our streets. Lorena Gonzalez and Bruce Harrell let this happen.” Some Seattle mayoral campaigns are spending $25,000 to $30,000 per week now on TV ads like that one, which was put out by homeless advocate Colleen Echohawk’s campaign.
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Seattle’s top issue for its next mayor, according to these voters
KUOW waited near the ballot drop box outside the South Park library for hours this week, asking people what their top issue is in the Seattle’s Mayor’s race. The response was nearly universal: Homelessness.
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Elections
KUOW asks: What is your top issue for Seattle's mayoral candidates?
Seattleites are voting for a new mayor this year. We're asking all the 2021 primary candidates how they would address a range of issues facing the city. And we are going further and putting those same questions to our KUOW audience. This week is a little different. Everybody has an issue that they focus on more than others. What's yours?
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KUOW Newsroom
Conspirational thinking creeps into Olympic Peninsula politics
Last year, right wing conspiracy theories from QAnon were injected into the U.S. Presidential race. This year conspiratorial thinking is creeping into small town races around the country, including several on the northern Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. A QAnon apologist named Donnie Hall recruits and trains candidates through a group he co-founded called the Independent Advisory Association.
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Elections
The one issue each Seattle mayoral candidate is passionate about
KUOW has asked each candidate running for Seattle mayor in 2021 seven questions addressing key issues facing the city and what they would do about it. This week: the issue each candidate is passionate about.
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Elections
KUOW asks Seattle: How can the city recover from the pandemic?
KUOW is asking Seattle voters the same questions it is asking candidates for mayor in the 2021 primary election. This week, we asked: What’s the one thing you’d do differently to tackle Seattle’s Covid recovery?
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Right-wing conspiracy theory politics grip Sequim, a small Washington coastal town
A political firestorm was provoked in Sequim, Wash. last year, shortly after the town got a new mayor, who turned out to be a promoter of right-wing QAnon conspiracy theories. This year, one of the mayor's main backers – a Q conspiracy apologist named Donald "Donnie" Hall – is working with a slate of candidates on the northern Olympic Peninsula.
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Elections
How would Seattle's mayoral candidates handle pandemic recovery?
KUOW has asked each candidate running for Seattle mayor in 2021 seven questions addressing key issues facing the city and what they would do about it. This week: Seattle's pandemic recovery.
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KUOW Newsroom
Twitter spats and smack talk — another week in Seattle politics
Downtown Seattle is front and center in the mayor’s race this week. And two frontrunners landed themselves in hot water this week.