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
Is Amazon seriously going to split the baby?
News has been leaking that in its search for a second headquarters, the online retail giant may not just pick one location to set up shop.
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Business
The appeal of Crystal City and other finalists for Amazon HQ2
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Business
What should happen to the old, majestic Weyerhaeuser campus in Federal Way?
Weyerhaeuser abandoned all that when the company moved its headquarters from Federal Way to Seattle two years ago. And now, everyone seems to have a different vision for what this land should become.
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'Someone killed them just because they were Jewish?' Tough conversations with kids after the Pittsburgh shooting
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Thousands in Seattle attend community vigil for Pittsburgh shooting victims
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Technology
What if Alexa broke up with Seattle?
Some have suggested that Amazon might move its mighty artificial intelligence division elsewhere. But the roots of AI in the Seattle region predate Amazon. And Seattle's AI industry, in turn, has become bigger than Amazon.
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Government
The uphill sprint to build a protected bike lane network in downtown Seattle
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King County takes on Uber, Lyft with new app
Metro’s project could disrupt the disruptors.
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Technology
Paul Allen never created Data, from Star Trek. But he wanted to
Allen's long term goal was to create an A.I. that could pick up a textbook, read through a chapter, and then successfully answer the quiz questions at the end of the chapter.
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Business
Should some Seattle streets be for pedestrians only?
Seattle's University District has four of the city's most dangerous intersections. More than 100,000 cars, bikes, buses and people all squeeze through the neighborhood's crowded arterials every day.