Gil Aegerter
About
Gil edits feature pieces and helps guide staff reporters through their stories. He previously served as interim digital director and online managing editor at KUOW. Before that he spent seven years with NBCNews.com, where he was variously a senior editor, editor-producer and features editor. He also worked 25 years as a newspaper editor in Anchorage, Alaska, San Diego, Wilmington, N.C., and Seattle. He also was a freelance researcher for NBC Olympics for the Games in Atlanta; Sydney, Australia; Salt Lake City; Athens; and Torino, Italy. He is a graduate of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, with a degree in photojournalism.
Stories
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Boeing to cut 15% of workforce after financial losses
Boeing said Wednesday that it will cut about 15% of the workforce in its commercial airplanes business. It's a big blow for the Puget Sound region.
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Checking in with the Seattle woman who took the first dose of an experimental coronavirus vaccine
It's been one month since the first person took the first dose of an experimental coronavirus vaccine in Seattle. So far, Jennifer Haller says she feels “great.”
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Deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19) in Washington state
This death
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Health
Field hospital being built on Shoreline soccer field as King County preps for more COVID-19 cases
“Honestly the first thing we thought was zombie apocalypse movie. That’s the only time you see a field hospital.”
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14 now dead of coronavirus in Seattle area
Three more deaths from COVID-19, caused by coronavirus, were reported on Friday morning. That brings the total to 14 deaths from the virus in the Seattle area. Twelve of th have been at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland, Washington, across the lake from Seattle.
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Health
UW lab expands coronavirus tests with its own version
After delays at the federal level, there’s a new test for coronavirus from University of Washington researchers.
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How easy is it to commit election fraud in Washington state?
In Washington state, you can print out a ballot for anyone, as long as you know their birthday.
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Health
North Bend fire academy picked for coronavirus quarantine site in Washington state
A state facility near North Bend is the new quarantine site for people returning to Washington state from the Chinese province that's the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic.
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Health
Eight sick people being tested for coronavirus in Washington state
Eight people in Washington are under review for possible coronavirus illness.
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'Mom, you're not going to believe this!' Homeless in Seattle on a snow day
Snow fell across the Puget Sound region overnight ... and some people couldn't come into shelter from the weather.