Ann Dornfeld
Reporter
About
Ann is a reporter on KUOW's Investigations team. Previously, she covered education stories for KUOW for a decade, with a focus on investigations into racial and socioeconomic inequities.
Her ongoing series exposing Seattle Public Schools’ lenient discipline of staff who abused students has won investigative reporting awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Radio Television Digital News Association, and the Education Writers Association. She was also lauded for her years of work covering disparities in the amount of recess and P.E. time students received in low-income schools.
Previously, Ann worked at Alaska Public Radio Network in Anchorage, and KLCC in Eugene, Oregon. Her freelance work, focusing on science and environmental issues, has appeared on national outlets including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Marketplace and The World.
Ann’s marine and underwater photography has appeared in the American Museum of Natural History and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
She lives with her husband and two children in South Seattle.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: Member, Investigative Reporters and Editors
Stories
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She didn’t realize how wrong she was about kids until her son joined a gang
Marty Jackson runs the Southeast Area Network of the Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative. For years, she had worked with Stephan Stewart,...
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Fewer Seattle students are getting suspended, expelled, data show
Suspensions and expulsions are down in Seattle Public Schools. The district's discipline rates mirror a statewide trend.
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The safest, most dangerous place in Seattle
Elijah Brown was 9 when he saw a man get shot dead.
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A bold plan to keep black residents in Seattle's Central District
Earl Lancaster has been cutting hair at the corner of 23rd and Union for a quarter of a century. "Some of the highlights have been cutting some of the...
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Mourning, but no closure, at funeral for Charleena Lyles
Charleena Lyles was buried Monday. Lyles’ friends and family filled the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Seattle’s Central District for her funeral...
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On being the only black man on the Seattle school board
When Stephan Blanford ran for Seattle school board four years ago, he won 89 percent of the vote. But he often felt stuck as a member of that board and...
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Seattle Schools may add ethnic studies to curricula. Critics say it's not enough
A Seattle School Board resolution calls for the expansion of ethnic studies in district classrooms. The Seattle-King County chapter of the NAACP first...
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'It's embarrassing': A Seattle doctor confronts racial bias in medicine
Dr. Rachel Pearson got her start working with poor people in Texas, many of them people of color. Which got her thinking about how doctors learn by...
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How Lake Washington got cleaned up at the expense of area tribes
If you find yourself at Lake Washington this summer, breathe deeply. Matthew Klingle, author of "Emerald City: An Environmental History of Seattle,"...
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Is your school racist? Ask the students
Chief Sealth International High School in West Seattle is among the most diverse schools in the city. Seventy-five percent of the students are black,...