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Sami West

Online Editor/Reporter

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Sami West joined KUOW’s web team as an Online Editor/Reporter in 2025.

Before that, she spent two years covering education at KUOW, reporting extensively on mounting financial challenges in Seattle Public Schools and districts across Washington state. Her coverage also centered on growing concerns about violence in and around schools, teacher shortages, the youth mental health crisis, and the countless ways Covid continues to affect schools and families, among other topics.

Previously, she wrote about education for Chalkbeat in Memphis, Tennessee, and two newspapers in Wisconsin.

A Midwesterner at heart, Sami originally hails from Minnesota and holds degrees in journalism and English from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

Location: Wisconsin

Languages Spoken: English

Pronouns: she/her

Professional Affiliations: Education Writers Association

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