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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No workplace issues in farmworker death, investigation finds
State investigators say a farm near Bellingham is not to blame for the death a worker last summer. But the owners face steep fines for other violations.
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They were ordered to work unless on their 'deathbed,' blueberry pickers claim
Supervisors at a sprawling blueberry farm in northern Washington state threatened and intimidated workers and ordered them to report for 12-hour shifts ...
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Bill aims to cover abortion, birth control for undocumented Washington residents
Immigrants without legal status are not eligible for government healthcare plans, like Medicaid. More than a dozen Washington lawmakers want to create a...
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She fights for immigrant rights. Now ICE wants to deport her
Over the years, Seattle area activist Maru Mora-Villalpando has staged many protests to speak out for undocumented families and for immigrants held in...
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After a year in America, Syrian family weighs a return home
In the wake of the Trump Administration’s travel ban, the resettlement of Syrian refugees to the U.S. slowed considerably. In Washington state, the...
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Arsalan Bukhari: Muslim kids shouldn't be afraid to live here
One of the big stories of 2017 was the Trump administration's travel ban targeting some Muslim countries. Arsalan Bukhari of the Council on American...
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He came face to face with ICE and stopped an arrest
Morning traffic streamed past a busy intersection in South Seattle, past a family-style pizza shop and a brightly-painted Mexican restaurant that still...
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Love of trains put these victims on Amtrak 501
Two friends who shared a lifelong love of trains, Zack Willhoite and Jim Hamre, had looked forward to the inaugural run of Amtrak 501 from Seattle to...
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Seattle calls DOJ threat to sanctuary policies 'legally and morally wrong'
Sanctuary policies in Seattle and King County have put some money on the line, and drawn questions from the feds. Local officials defended their...
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Travel ban back in Seattle federal court as judges hear appeal
The Trump administration told a federal appeals court Wednesday that the president has broad authority to prevent people from any country from traveling...