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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Russ Busch: Salmon Defender, Elwha Tribe Adoptee, True Northwestener
Jeannie Yandel talks with Mark Titus, director of a new documentary called "The Breach," about the inspiration for the film, Russ Busch.
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Seattle's Minimum Wage Law Gets New Steward
Jeannie Yandel speaks with Dylan Orr, the new director of Seattle's Office of Labor Standards, about his experience working for the U.S. Department of...
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Ukrainian Conflict Stretches To Annual Russian Festival In Washington
Jeannie Yandel talks with Anastasia Podlazova, the founder of DroWa, an annual festival for the Russian-speaking community in Washington, about how the...
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'I Had To Fight To Be Black In Spokane': Alicia Walters On Rachel Dolezal
Jeannie Yandel speaks with Alicia Walters, director of the Oakland-based organization Echoing Ida, about how the story of Rachel Dolezal prompted her to...
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Can Washington Be The France Of Terroir Beer?
Jeannie Yandel talks with Pike Brewing Company vice president Drew Gillespie about the company's new, 100 percent local terroir beer.
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Year After SPU Shooting: How One Student Copes
A year ago today, student Chris Howard was in Seattle Pacific University’s engineering building when his friend Thomas Fowler ran in. Fowler was...
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How To Build A U.S. Open Worthy Golf Course
Jeannie Yandel talks to John Ladenburg, former Pierce County executive, about his dream to bring the U.S. Open to Pierce County and the golf course at...
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Winning The Housing Lottery, But Waiting Years For It To Come Through
Jeannie Yandel speaks with Sahra Muhumed, who made it onto the wait list for King County Housing Authority's Section 8 Program. When the wait list...
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What Happened When Orting, Washington, Hired Its First Black Police Officer
Jeannie Yandel talks with Washington Post reporter Eli Saslow about his coverage of the small town of Orting, Washington and what happened after they...
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'You're so articulate': Why microaggressions wear people down
What's a microaggression? An everyday slight, putdown, or insult toward marginalized groups. Often, these come from well-intentioned individuals who are unaware they are saying anything offensive, Dr. Derald Wing Sue said, speaking to Jeannie Yandel on KUOW's The Record. We asked KUOW listeners to tell us about their experiences with microaggressions. Here are their responses.