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Katie Campbell

Online Editor/Reporter

About

Katie joined KUOW's online team as an editor and reporter in 2024, after serving three years as senior producer of the local Morning Edition program. In addition to reporting on the news of the day, she brings readers some levity with a weekly news quiz and curates the KUOW Book Club. (Get her literary recommendations and analysis by signing up for the book club newsletter!)

Katie previously served listeners in Phoenix at member-station KJZZ. As an Arizona Capitol reporter, she reported on a statewide teacher strike and investigated two Arizona state representatives who, ultimately, departed the state House amid scandal. She also covered numerous elections, from rural county races to U.S. Senate contests and Arizona's role as a key battleground state in 2020. Katie's reporting was featured on an award-winning political podcast, which she launched and hosted for the Arizona Capitol Times.

She is a graduate of the University of Florida College of Journalism, a P-Patch gardener, and an auntie to two wonderful little terrors.

Location: Seattle

Languages: English

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Stories

  • caption: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announces that no counties will phase down for two weeks, May 4, 2021.
    Politics

    'It's getting pretty hot' - this week in politics, not the weather

    How would you like to be stuck in Phase 2 of the state's reopening plan while the bulk of Washington counties gets to remain in the more relaxed, more business-friendly Phase 3? Pierce County, which was rolled back to Phase 2 three weeks ago, doesn’t like it one bit. Some loc

  • caption: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announces that no counties will phase down for two weeks, May 4, 2021.

    King County will not fall back to Phase 2 ... for now

    While people around Washington state expected many counties to fall back to Phase 2 this week, Governor Jay Inslee announced that all regions will remain where they are for at least two weeks.

  • caption: Mike Gaunt of Seattle celebrates after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine from volunteer registered nurse Amy Rioux on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, at Island Drug in Oak Harbor. "I don't want to go crazy and think I have a new lease on life, but it kind of feels like it," said Gaunt. "It's like Christmas."
    Health

    Vaccinated and ready to celebrate? Not so fast.

    Washington Governor Jay Inslee is expected to announce which counties will have to fall back a phase in the state's reopening plan. King County is one of at least a dozen counties that is not currently meeting the benchmarks to remain in the more loose Phase 3.

  • caption: After over a year of working remotely, a return to the office raises questions.
    Business

    Here's what heading back to the office might look like

    After roughly a year of working from home, Michael Stephens’ first day back in her office felt like the first day of junior high. “There’s a super nervous energy in terms of what to expect, but also kind of a dread,” Stephens said. She woke early, didn’t drink much coffee because she was already amped up, and chose music that made her feel happy and comforted on her drive in.

  • caption: Protesters form a circle and block traffic at the intersection of Broadway and East Pine Street after the Seattle Police Department cleared the Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone, CHOP, early Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in Seattle.
    Politics

    Time is running out for Washington lawmakers

    The momentous George Floyd guilty verdict is still weighing heavily on people’s minds this Friday. At the same time, the Washington Legislature is wrapping up an action-packed session during which lawmakers passed several bills that will significantly change the way police departments operate in this state - and the way our state handles protests.

  • caption: Alex Shpungin talks with a friend, Dorea, right, while sitting in his tent on Tuesday, January 15, 2019, near the intersection of Columbia Street and Alaskan Way South in Seattle. Shpungin has lived at this location for 3 months and hopes to stay there as long as possible.
    Politics

    The politics of Seattle's housing crisis

    Seattle voters have some homework to do: They will need to study up on a measure now gaining strength that will probably appear on the November ballot. The measure would provide shelter, housing, mental health and substance abuse services for folks experiencing homelessness.