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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Business
The things we do for that crazy roof on the former KeyArena
The arena at Seattle Center (that we used to call KeyArena) is being rebuilt to house Seattle’s new hockey team. There’s only one part the old structure that will remain: Its landmark roof.
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Technology
Are you a robot? Amazon patent reveals it’s getting harder to tell
You know those tests you have to fill out online to prove you’re not a robot? Robots may soon be better at those tests than humans are. That’s the takeaway from a patent awarded to Amazon this week.
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Sawant: This is the time to push for rent control
Rent control could become a campaign issue in Seattle this election. Seattle City Council Member Kshama Sawant wants to limit rent increases to the rate of inflation. That’s despite a statewide ban on rent control. The state ban would have to be lifted before landlords actually had to cap any rents.
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Business
When Amazon becomes your block watch captain
In this season finale of Prime(d), we go deep into how neighborhood social networks and surveillance are changing our behavior in our neighborhoods.
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Technology
Will technology save us?
We hosted a debate with some big thinkers.
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Politics
Seattle backpedals on bike lane plans
The City of Seattle will cut over 25 miles of protected bike lanes and Greenways from its list of projects planned in the next 5 years.
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Technology
Are you ready for Amazon to be the brains in your house?
On this episode of Prime(d), we talk with David Choffnes, Assistant Professor in Computer Science at Northeastern University. He helps run a lab studying IoT devices.
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Business
We made our own version of Alexa. Here's what we learned.
Virtual assistants like Alexa are dumber than you'd think. And unlikely to go "Skynet" on us any time soon.
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Business
Meet the coders who hear you yell at Alexa
As we say in the radio biz – the mic is always on.
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Business
I delivered packages for Amazon. Here's what I learned
The last mile of delivery is the hardest. And for the biggest internet retailer in the U.S., sometimes FedEx, UPS and the USPS aren't enough. That's why Amazon created an army of gig workers paid demand-based wages to deliver packages using their own personal vehicles.