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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I came to America because I'm a Christian. Then they took my son
A mom and her 7-year-old son traveled to the U.S. from Guatemala. She is currently at the federal detention in SeaTac. This is her story, as told to Liz...
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This attorney has been where ICE detains families. It wrecked her
Family detention — two words that still haunt Danielle Rosché, an immigration attorney.
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Two women ask for the Starbucks bathroom code. One of them is black
What would you do if a Starbucks barista refused to give you the bathroom code? Or refused to give it to your black friend?
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To stay in America, he must convince a judge his tattoo isn’t gang related
A federal judge in Seattle has upheld, for now, Daniel Ramirez Medina’s DACA status.
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'I'm one of them': Mia, 9, marches on May Day
Perhaps it was fear of immigration authorities that kept the crowds smaller than usual this year at Seattle’s May Day march for immigrant and worker...
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Clergy chain themselves together to protest Seattle youth jail
A protest at the site for the new King County youth detention center apparently halted construction this morning.
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It's the only legal help some immigrants have — and it's getting scrapped
Every day at detention centers around the country, lawyers give "know your rights" presentations to immigrants facing deportation. For many, it’s the...
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More than 500 pregnant women in ICE detention, after reversal of Obama policy
Immigration authorities have detained 506 pregnant women since December, when the Trump administration ended a policy to release most pregnant women...
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If this firefighter lived in Seattle, his traffic stop wouldn't have ended in ICE custody
The small outpost of Tonasket sits near the northern border of Washington state, surrounded by forests and farmland. It's probably not where you want to...
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Calls to sexual assault hotlines pour in; consent revisited
Soon after the #MeToo scandals broke loose last fall, calls started pouring in to King County’s Sexual Assault Resource Center. “More people are finding...
