Caroline Chamberlain Gomez
Editor, Seattle Now
About
Caroline Chamberlain Gomez is the editor of Seattle Now, KUOW's flagship news podcast. She's produced and edited hundreds of episodes on the people and stories that shape Seattle. She created "Casual Friday," Seattle Now's Friday episode that performs best (almost) every week. She was also a lead producer on Battle Tactics For Your Sexist Workplace and Second Wave. She has a Master's degree in Human Centered Design and Engineering from the University of Washington, and she applies a user-centered approach to her journalism and processes.
Previously she was a producer at KCRW and is a proud alum of UCLA's Daily Bruin.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, conversational German
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: The Society of Professional Journalists, Western Washington Chapter
Podcasts
Stories
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Casual Friday with Jas Keimig and Melanie McFarland
This week we got all the weather. We heard a few theories on what makes you a real Seattleite. Plus the Space Needle is turning 60! We’re breaking down the week with Salon dot com TV critic Melanie McFarland and The Strangers' Jas Keimig.
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Seattle Now: Is this the Mariners' big year?
Baseball is back, and this year the Mariners have a lot to live up to. The team came closer to making the playoffs last season than any year since 2001. Is this the year they'll finally end their post-season drought?
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Casual Friday with Naomi Ishisaka and Tan Vinh
This week a U.S. Amazon warehouse unionized for the first time in the company’s history. Alaska Airlines needs more pilots and a contract with the ones it has. And starting next year, job listings will come with salary ranges. Tan Vinh and Naomi Ishisaka from the Seattle Times break it all down.
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What's in WA's $16B transportation bill
Hybrid electric ferries, free transit for people 18 and under and billions of dollars for highways are all in the massive transportation bill signed by Governor Inslee last month. Seattle Times reporter David Kroman breaks down what we're investing in.
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Casual Friday with Marcus Green and Monica Nevi
This week, King county shrunk for the first time since the 1970’s. There’s a new way for you to report those annoying robocalls. And pickleball is the state's first official sport. Seattle comedian Monica Nevi and publisher of the South Seattle Emerald and columnist with The Seattle Times Marcus Green break down the week.
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Fentanyl use on the rise
Fentanyl use has surged in Washington state. And that’s troubling, because it’s a particularly powerful opiate that’s already contributing to rising deaths here. Brian Mann covers addiction for NPR, and he explains how we got here.
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Casual Friday with Eula Scott Bynoe and Jeannie Yandel
This week Seattle Pride cut ties with Amazon, Starbucks workers unionized in the company’s backyard, and the allure of the cherry blossoms has returned. The co-hosts of Battle Tactics For Your Sexist Workplace Eula Scott Bynoe and Jeannie Yandel are here to break it all down.
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Casual Friday with Knute Berger and Martin Douglas
This week Russell Wilson is out. Gas prices are up.. And we’re getting ready to do that daylight saving thing. We break it down with Crosscut's Knute Berger and KEXP’s Martin Douglas.
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WA's struggle to not change the clocks
Love it or hate it, it's almost time to change the clocks: Daylight saving time is coming up this weekend. The twice-yearly ritual has outlived numerous attempts by state lawmakers to simplify things. Northwest News Network reporter Tom Banse helps us sort through the details.
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Casual Friday with Esmy Jimenez and Paige Browning
This week we’re ditching the mask mandate sooner than planned, Amazon is closing its physical bookstores and the southern resident orcas welcomed its newest calf, J59. KUOW’s Paige Browning and Esmy Jimenez of the Seattle Times break it all down.