Liz Brazile
Online Managing Editor
About
Liz has been KUOW's Online Managing Editor since 2024. She oversees the station's digital news coverage and editorial strategy.
Liz came to KUOW in 2020 as an Online Editor/Producer and was promoted to Deputy Online Managing Editor in 2022. Prior to that, Liz worked at Cascade PBS, YES! Magazine, WLWT-TV, and The Cincinnati Herald.
In 2025, Liz completed ProPublica's rigorous Investigative Editor Training Program. She currently serves on the board of the Seattle Association of Black Journalists as the chapter's Vice President of Digital Content.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English and conversational Spanish
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Professional Affiliations: Seattle Association of Black Journalists; National Association of Black Journalists; Investigative Reporters and Editors; and Ida B. Wells Society
Stories
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Federal judge rejects attempt to enforce Seattle crowd weapons ban in lawsuit over protesters' protective gear
Federal Judge Richard Jones on Monday denied a motion seeking an outright ban on the Seattle Police Department's use of crowd control weapons. The request was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington as part of a lawsuit arguing that protesters are being priced out of their constitutional rights by an increasing need to wear protective gear to ongoing civil rights demonstrations.
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Needing body armor to protest in Seattle violates constitutional rights, lawsuit argues
The court filing argues that the city has infringed on its residents’ First Amendment Rights to peaceably assemble, and has neglected its duty to provide equal protection under the law.
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Judge denies Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan's bid to kill election recall petition against her
A King County Superior Court judge on Wednesday doubled down on a decision earlier this month to allow an election recall petition against Durkan to proceed. The petition is aimed at removing Durkan from office in response to the Seattle Police Department's use of tear gas and other crowd control weapons against protesters amid ongoing civil rights demonstrations.
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More federal agents sent to Seattle. Mayor Durkan says the city wasn't told in advance
The revelations about their presence in the Seattle area come amid an ongoing clash between protesters and federal agents stationed in Portland since earlier this month.
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Gov. Inslee tightens business restrictions in Washington's phased reopening, citing rising Covid-19 cases
Gov. Jay Inslee has made various amendments to Washington's four-phase reopening plan, including new restrictions on patronizing restaurants, gyms, and entertainment venues, and attending weddings and funerals.
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Protester Diaz Love speaks out about deadly Seattle car ramming and the journey to recovering
Love says they aren't sure what the journey to recovery will look like, but that they intend to get back out onto the front lines of civil rights demonstrations as soon as possible.
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Seattle driver charged in protester's death pleads not guilty, relatives speak out
Dawit Kelete, 27, pleaded not guilty to charges brought against him in connection with an Interstate 5 collision that left one protester dead and another severely injured earlier this month.
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Coronavirus vaccine shows promising immune response in animals, University of Washington researchers say
Researchers with the University of Washington's Department of Microbiology say a coronavirus vaccine they are developing has generated protective antibodies in mice and non-human primates with just one injection.
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An ex-cop's journey to racial justice advocacy: 'I choose my people, I choose my community'
The path to becoming a community and youth advocate wasn't straightforward for 30-year-old Federal Way resident, Evan Cook. Cook, a former Eastern Washington University Police officer, shared his journey from the force to the front lines of community activism.
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Protesters and relatives seek damages from Seattle and Washington state
More than a dozen Seattle area protesters and their relatives have filed tort claims against various government agencies, after sustaining injuries — one fatal — amid ongoing local civil rights demonstrations.