Liz Jones
Editor
About
Liz Jones is an editor for daily news, features and special projects. She started at KUOW in 2005 and worked primarily as a reporter until 2018. Her coverage largely focused on immigration and underrepresented communities.
Her work has also been heard on national shows including NPR’s Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Here & Now, PRI's The World, Latino USA, Snap Judgment, The Takeaway and BBC News Service.
She is a NW native who's also lived in Spain, Peru, NYC and Ritzville, WA.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, Spanish
Pronouns: she/her
Podcasts
Stories
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King County Leaders Call for Stronger Sheriff's Office Oversight
King County leaders say the civilian agency that monitors the Sheriff’s Office needs more authority to do its job. A public hearing Monday will look at...
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‘Waiting For Better Days’: Seattle’s Greek Americans Watch Homeland’s Turmoil
As Theo Polizos and about a half dozen other women at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church on Capitol Hill prepared dozens of trays of bougatsa last week...
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Duwamish Tribe Vows to Keep Fighting for Recognition
Duwamish tribal members say they'll keep fighting after the federal government denied their longstanding petition to be recognized as a tribe.
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Central District Vigil For Slain Man: 'He Was A Gentle Soul'
Members of Seattle's black clergy mourned the recent shooting death of a black man in his 30s in Seattle's Central Area. The man, identified by those at...
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Seattle's Duwamish Tribe Denied Federal Status, Benefits
A long journey for Seattle’s Duwamish Tribe appeared to have hit a dead end Thursday. The federal government rejected the tribe’s decades-long fight for...
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Northwest Farmers Anxiously Await Overdue Guest Workers
Hundreds of farm workers from Mexico are now making their way to the Northwest after a major delay. A computer glitch crippled the U.S. visa system,...
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Team Of Women: Female Cops And Refugees Work On Trust
Seattle police officers don’t get involved in immigration issues as a rule – but that doesn’t mean their relationship with refugees is easy. The city...
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Seattle Vietnamese Community Hopes For Recognition Of Pre-War Flag
Vietnam’s national flag is an icon of communism. And many Vietnamese-Americans say it does not represent them.Seattle’s Vietnamese community has long...
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Can Labor Changes Bring Peace At Sakuma Brothers Berry Farm?
BURLINGTON, Wash. – On a recent morning at Sakuma Brothers Farm, eight Latino workers sat on a bench seat behind a tractor, planting strawberry roots...
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Immigrant Advocates Criticize Bed Quotas at Detention Centers
Guaranteed payments to contractors at federal detention centers have helped to create a quota system for immigration enforcement, according to a report...