Joshua McNichols
Growth and Development Reporter
About
As KUOW's Growth and Development reporter and co-host of KUOW's Booming podcast, Joshua's "growing pains" beat sits at the nexus of housing, transportation, urban planning, government and the economy. His favorite stories also include themes of history, technology, and climate change.
Joshua holds a B.A. in Architecture from the University of Washington. Public Radio is his second career; architecture was his first. He is proud of the many odd jobs he's held in his life, such as salmon fisher, author, bike courier, and bed-and-breakfast cook.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: he/him
Professional Affiliations: The Society of Professional Journalists, Western Washington Chapter
Stories
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Arts & Life
Seattle's Main Street: stories of pandemic hardship and reinvention
This has been a really hard year. But the pandemic is shifting, and now we’re poised to recover. At this moment, we’re just trying to figure out – how people are doing? And what’s their future look like? Today, we’re launching a series called The Main Street Project, where we get a sense of what life is like on a single street. Our series begins in Seattle.
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Washington's renters are hurting. What about landlords?
It’s no secret that renters have been hit hard by the pandemic. And recently, bills at the city, state and federal level have tried to provide those renters with much needed relief. Many of our listeners have asked: What happens to the landlords? We looked into it.
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Politics
Seattle won't fund eviction lawyers just yet, as council delays vote
When someone is charged with a crime, they have a right to a free attorney. Some members of the Seattle City Council want to extend that right to all tenants facing eviction. But on Monday, a majority of members voted to delay the bill due to legal questions.
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Politics
Tax reform, tenant protection bills still alive in Olympia
Lawmakers in Olympia have spent much of the pandemic trying to write new laws to help people through a difficult time. Monday was an important day, when many bills die and some move closer to becoming law.
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Arts & Life
Townhomes are making Seattle more affordable, new study finds
A new Redfin report shows Seattle has become the most economically integrated city in the nation. That means that in Seattle more than anywhere else, bosses live near their lower-wage employees.
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Voices of the Pandemic: Your stories from a dangerous year
An oral history of the Covid time, condensed into a one-hour special.
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Health
'I feel like there's hope down the line.' How being vaccinated changed this nurse's pandemic outlook
Jamie Williams is a nurse in the greater Seattle area who has treated Covid patients since the beginning of the pandemic. She shared with KUOW how being vaccinated changed her outlook on life for our oral history series, "Voices of the Pandemic."
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Business
Why Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon's CEO
Jeff Bezos announced on Tuesday that he'll step down this year as the CEO of Amazon. But he's not leaving the company entirely.
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Reopening bowling alleys: Squirt the finger holes with alcohol and use a tiny brush
Hiring employees, reestablishing scheduled deliveries by food vendors, and getting the word out to customers: these challenges make Kenmore Lanes owner Joanne Evans. "It's like starting a brand new business," said Kenmore Lanes' owner Joann Evans. She's had to reestablish relationships with food vendors and get the word out to customers that she's open.
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Pandemic gives new legs to tiny house villages
The COVID pandemic has pushed people out of homeless shelters and onto the street. Public frustration about that is leading to wider embrace of tiny house villages.