Vaughan Jones
Podcast Producer
About
Vaughan is a podcast producer for Seattle Now, KUOW's news podcast. They enjoy stories with strong local roots that benefit the day-to-day life of the listener. They were previously a reporter at KJZZ, Phoenix's NPR member station, and received a BA in journalism from the Walter Cronkite School at Arizona State University.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: they/them
Podcasts
Stories
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Friday Evening Headlines
State officials give an idea of how many federal employees have lost their jobs, it's the first major cutoff day for bills in the Washington State Legislature, and Mayor Bruce Harrell issued an executive order he hopes will make Light Rail expansion happen faster.
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Casual Friday with Jane C. Hu and Vivian McCall
This week… Federal job cuts have reached Washington’s trails and campgrounds. State legislators are taking a look at changing Washington’s state flag. And Mayor Bruce Harrell “pump faked” his State of the City audience with a faux Supersonics announcement. Science Journalist Jane C. Hu and Stranger Queer Culture and Politics Reporter Vivian McCall are here to break down the week.
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Seattle's most dangerous stretch of Light Rail track
Since Link Light Rail began service in 2009, more than 30 pedestrians have been hit by trains after stepping into a crossing. Less than two weeks ago there was a collision near Othello Station in the Rainier Valley. The next week, just blocks away… Another collision between a light rail train and a car.
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Tuesday Evening Headlines
Washington's democratic Congress members continue to push back on President Trump, Mayor Bruce Harrell talked about Seattle's priorities at his "State of the City" address, and a King County family believes their relative has been unjustly to a Guantanamo prison facility.
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Casual Friday with Marcus Harrison Green and Eva Walker
The parent of a youth hockey player was charged with assault after shoving two referees onto the ice. And some information that may not surprise you: An audit of Seattle’s public park bathrooms found that things are not up to the city’s standards.
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Seattle could return to the days of neighborhood cafes
Would you want a cafe in your neighborhood? A bill to allow businesses like cafes and grocery stores to set up in neighborhoods across Washington has bipartisan support in the state legislature. We’ll visit a neighborhood cafe in Wallingford and hear more about the bill.
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Casual Friday with Geraldine DeRuiter and Danielle Marie Holland
We got enough snow to make things messy for the first time this winter. Hold onto your Subaru Seattle, it seems our signature vehicle has been overtaken by another household name - Is the Tesla the new car of Seattle? And Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson’s campaign office left something extra in a memo this week, leading to a peek behind the political curtain.
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Tariffs stir uncertainty for WA
Over the weekend, the Trump administration announced tariffs for three of the country’s top trade partners: Mexico, Canada and China. While Mexico and Canada’s tariffs have been delayed 30 days, China’s is currently in place.
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Casual Friday with Chase Burns and Joe Veyera
Costco is making a big change in its food court… Coca-Cola, anyone? Microsoft is reportedly in talks to become the American operator of TikTok - paging Clippy And one of Seattle’s most beloved third places might be staying open after all. A group is currently in talks to take over operations of the Century Ballroom on Capitol Hill. We’ll dig into all of it with Ticket Editor Chase Burns and Factal Editor Joe Veyera.
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New Trump order has trans Seattleites thinking about their IDs
If you identify as a different gender than the one you were assigned at birth, until recently, you had the option of identifying as that gender on federal documents like a passport. If you identify as nonbinary, you had the option to mark “X”. On his first day in office, President Donald Trump changed that.
