Jeannie Yandel
Special Projects Editor
About
Jeannie Yandel is a special projects editor focusing on podcasts and broadcast shows. She created and co-hosted the KUOW podcast Battle Tactics For Your Sexist Workplace and ran and edited KUOW's podcast about local curiosity, SoundQs. She also co-created and co-hosted KUOW's YouTube interview series, Are We Going To Be OK?. Previously, she was senior producer for The Conversation and KUOW Presents, and was Executive Producer for The Record. She's won awards for her interviewing, editing, and reporting.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Stories
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Seattle Family's $70,000 Donation A Statement On Education Funding
Jeannie Yandel talks to Brian Jones, a North Seattle dad who donated $70,000 to Alki Elementary School to help them keep a teacher and to make a...
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Why These Seattle 11-Year-Olds Don’t Want To Grow Up
“I just don’t want to grow up,” says the girl in Terence Brown’s documentary "The Before Project," which takes a poignant and sometimes painful look at...
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'Local Legend' And Founder Of Northwest Harvest Ruth Velozo Dies
Jeannie Yandel talks to Mike Regis, director of procurement at Northwest Harvest, about his friend and former colleague Ruth Velozo. Velozo was one of...
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Governor Jay Inslee Announces Revised Water Quality Standards
Jeannie Yandel speaks with Maia Bellon, director of the Washington State Department of Ecology, about Governor Jay Inslee's proposal for revised water...
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UW Center Aims To Create Conversations On Differences
Jeannie Yandel talks to University of Washington professor Ralina Joseph about the University of Washington's Center for Communication, Differences and...
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Death Of Teen Football Player Highlights Risks For Young Athletes
Jeannie Yandel talks to Dr. Stanley Herring, co-director of UW Medicine's Sports Health and Safety Institute, about the safety of high school football...
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SPU Student Reflects On Trauma After A School Shooting
Jeannie Yandel talks with Seattle Pacific University student Chris Howard about his experience dealing with the aftermath of the 2014 shooting at SPU in...
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Why David Schmader Left The Stranger (It's The Internet's Fault)
For David Schmader the state of U.S. media is summed up by what happened after New York magazine published a cover story about Bill Cosby’s accusers....
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It Will Take At Least 50 Years To Map The U.S. Arctic
Jeannie Yandel talks to Rear Admiral Gerd Glang, head of NOAA's office of coast survey, about why only 1 percent of the U.S. Arctic Ocean has been...
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How Trauma Ripples Through A Community
Jeannie Yandel sits down with Dr. Doug Zatzick, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Washington who also works with PTSD patients at...