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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Before Nextdoor and Facebook, there was the Seattle Rumor Center
In the late 1960s, Seattle city leaders were anxious to avoid the race riots breaking out in cities across the country, from Los Angeles to Detroit....
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Seattle officials feared these rumors would start race riots
In the late 1960s, Seattle city leaders were anxious to avoid the race riots breaking out in cities across the country, from Los Angeles to Detroit.
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This once homeless family is now housed, but that doesn't mean life is easy
What’s it like to finally have a place for you and your children to live, after spending most of the year homeless? “Surreal,” said Tiffany Hicks, whose...
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Can Seattle schools do right by their 4,000 homeless students?
Stephan Blanford was the only black person on the Seattle School Board. He decided not to run again this year. At the end of 2017, KUOW's Race and...
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Should wealthy PTAs have to share funds with poorer schools?
It was dark and rainy in most of Seattle. But inside a glittering event space, hundreds of middle-aged, mostly-white Madison Park residents were dressed...
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District didn't want us to visit this struggling Seattle school
Lowell Elementary School sits across from million-dollar houses on a quiet street in Capitol Hill. But this school serves some of the poorest children...
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You don’t know Seattle until you see these gritty scenes
If you check into most hotels on First Avenue tonight, it'll run you at least $400. Not so in 1981, when low-income people found affordable rooms up and down "Skid Road" in single-room-occupancy hotels — for a night, or for the rest of their lives.
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Seattle teen calls out her dad’s Native American art. He learns she’s right
Sara Jacobsen, 19, grew up eating family dinners beneath a stunning Native American robe.
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Family of Burien man shot by police sues King County, sheriff
The family of a 20-year-old Burien man shot dead by police in June is suing King County, the county Sheriff's Office and Sheriff John Urquhart alleging...
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Does your Native American artwork belong to you — or to its tribe?
When Bruce Jacobsen moved to Seattle in 1986, he fell in love with the Pacific Northwest. He wanted to express his appreciation with a piece of Native...