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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Homeless In Seattle: 'Seeing A Family Walk In Here, It’s A Heartbreaker'
As snow dusted Seattle on Friday morning, demand for warm items shot up at a homeless camp in Seattle’s central area.
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Nooksack Tribe Cites ‘Missing Ancestor’ As Reason To Disenroll 306 Members
It's a frosty morning at the Nooksack tribal courthouse in Deming, Wash., and caution tape and tribal police block the entrance.
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'We’ll Always Be Nooksack': Tribe Questions Ancestry Of Part-Filipino Members
Adelina Parker lets up on the gas as she drives through her childhood stomping grounds. “Up there, that was all Filipino farmers and strawberry fields,”...
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Certain Hold Requests By Immigration Enforcement May Soon Be Denied In King County
David Hyde speaks with KUOW reporter Liz Jones about the King County Council’s vote to limit immigration hold requests by Immigrations and Customs...
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King County Council Passes Bill To Deny Some Immigration Hold Requests
In a split 5-4 vote, the King County Council narrowly approved a measure Monday that’s at odds with federal immigration authorities. The legislation...
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'It's My People': Northwest Filipinos Rally to Help Typhoon Victims
After the devastating typhoon struck the Philippines, Jennifer Biyabos, of Lakewood, Wash., started accounting for her family.
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Northwest Relief Workers Return From Philippines: 'Amazing Acts Of Kindness'
Sil Wong is a member of the relief group, EMPACT Northwest. She and several teammates returned Wednesday from a 10-day mission to the Philippines where...
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'I Want To Get Out': Teens Rarely Extend Foster Care
When Roel Williams was 18, he couldn’t wait to leave foster care. “I went to a foster home in the Central District, which was run by a reverend,” he...
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33 Women Arrested During Immigration Rally – Including Mayor McGinn's Wife
With an immigration reform bill stalled in the US House of Representatives, 33 women in the Seattle area staged a sit-in at the state’s Republican...
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Skagit Couple Who Beat Adopted Ethiopian Daughter Head To Prison
A Skagit County couple convicted of beating their adopted Ethiopian daughter and leaving her to die in the cold outside were sentenced Tuesday to decades