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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East African Kids Find Space to Play And Learn In Seattle Area
KUOW's Jeannie Yandel talks to Ayanle Ismail, co-founder and president of Companion Athletics, about how the weekend youth mentorship program brings...
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Local Selma Marcher: 'Whatever Is Coming, You've Got My Feet'
In March 1965, Steven Graves was studying in a Unitarian seminary in Chicago when he learned Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was asking people from around...
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Before Frontman Jimi Hendrix Came Sideman Jimmy James
Jeannie Yandel talks with music historian and Jimi Hendrix biographer Charles Cross about a collection of early songs featuring Hendrix getting an...
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20 Years After His Mother's Murder, Son Finds Inspiration To Fight Domestic Violence
Jeannie Yandel talks with Derek Orbiso Dizon, vigil coordinator for domestic violence organization, API Chaya, about how his mother inspires him to...
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Portrait Of A Homeless Family: 17 Months, 25 Moves
Jessica Tossey is in the living room of her condo, getting herself and young son Blakely ready for their mile-long walk to church, where he goes to pres...
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Washington Tribes Take Dispute Over Fishing Rights To Court
Jeannie Yandel talks with Bob Anderson, director of the Native American Law Center at the University of Washington, about a dispute over fishing rights...
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The Sordid History Of Seattle Chain Gangs
Little surprises Knute Berger, writer and local historian, when it comes to Seattle history. So when he discovered that Seattle had used chain gangs –...
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Rep. Pettigrew's 'Open-Door Policy' For Police
Jeannie Yandel talks with state Rep. Eric Pettigrew, D-Seattle, about the "open-door policy" he's developed for police and why he thinks police don't...
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Incredibly Resilient: A Look At Challenges Faced By Homeless Students
Jeannie Yandel talks with Marty Hartman about the challenges faced by homeless students in Washington state. Hartman is executive director of Mary's...
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What Are Seattle's Urban Legends (And Are They True?)
Do Seattleites buy more sunglasses than residents of other cities? Was there really a dead horse in Ballard’s water supply in the early 1900s? And did...