Kim Malcolm
Afternoon News Host
About
Kim is the local news host of KUOW's All Things Considered, airing from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. weekdays. Kim covers breaking and developing daily news, both local and regional, as part of NPR's afternoon drive time programming. She has covered the arts, municipal government, politics, and misinformation as part of KUOW's Stand with the Facts live event series, in partnership with the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public. She really enjoys election night coverage, in spite of herself. Kim started out in broadcast journalism in Calgary at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, before working at NPR member station KERA in Dallas and then KUOW. Kim spends most winters waiting for baseball season to start.
Location: Seattle and the Eastside
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her
Stories
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WA Legislature races toward deadline to hammer out a budget
With a potential $16 billion shortfall looming, legislators in Olympia are scrambling to find budget fixes with less than two weeks left in the session. Jerry Cornfield writes for The Washington State Standard. He spoke to KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about his new article, which outlines the latest options being considered.
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Scientists at NOAA lab in Seattle cleaned bathrooms after maintenance contracts lapsed
A Fisheries Union representative says government efficiency measures are backfiring
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National Endowment for the Humanities grants to Washington organizations are being cut under Trump
Last week, the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Trump administration canceled the grants they send to the states, including Washington.
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Tensions percolate among the Seattle City Council’s moderate majority
Did City Council President Sara Nelson kick a political hornet’s nest? Seattle Times City Hall reporter David Kroman tells KUOW’s Kim Malcolm what he's seeing.
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Midway through ‘a trip of a lifetime,’ a young British woman finds herself in ICE detention in Tacoma. Why?
Rebecca Burke is a 28-year-old graphic artist from London. A recent visit she made to the United States started, she said, as a trip of a lifetime, then turned into a nightmare. Burke was detained at ICE's Tacoma facility for nearly three weeks, reportedly for having the wrong visa paperwork. Journalist Jenny Kleeman wrote about what happened for The Guardian newspaper. She spoke to KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about it.
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Amid tariff turmoil, where do things stand with Washington state's neighbor to the north?
It's been a week in United States trade relations news. Stock markets here and around the world continued to slide Friday, after China retaliated against President Trump's far-reaching tariffs announced Wednesday. It’s the biggest stock market plunge in at least five years. To the north, Canadians were spared new tariffs, but they still face hefty ones that were previously announced. Journalist Michelle Eliot spoke to KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about how Canadians are navigating this roller coaster. Eliot hosts the CBC weekday call-in program BC Today.
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Baseball springs eternal, but are the M’s squandering an opportunity other teams would die for?
Sports columnist Jerry Brewer takes us out to the ballpark on opening day for a Mariners season forecast.
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Late Washington state powerbroker Frank Chopp left a lasting legacy
Pluribus News staff writer and former longtime public radio Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins covered Chopp for many years. KUOW’s Kim Malcolm talked to him about the influential legislator's legacy.
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What a ‘cloud’ of small earthquakes means for the PNW, and how to prepare for bigger ones
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network director Harold Tobin joined KUOW’s Kim Malcolm to discuss our recent shakeups, and how to prepare for more damaging events.
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Canadians feel betrayed by U.S., but blame Trump, not average Americans
With cross-border tensions running high, KUOW’s Kim Malcolm kicks off a regular check-in with CBC BC Today host Michelle Eliot
