Casey Martin
Reporter
About
Casey Martin is a general assignment reporter who has covered everything from political protests to electric scooters. He is almost always out in the field where the news happens. Casey has reported on extremism, houselessness, politics, and Seattle’s nightlife.
He got his start in radio at KBCS Community Radio in Bellevue and is a proud graduate of the Transom Traveling Workshop on Catalina Island.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: he/him
Stories
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Dispatches from CHAZ, Seattle's new autonomous zone
For 10 nights, Seattle police faced off with protesters on Capitol Hill in Seattle. As one, cops formed a thick wall protecting the East Precinct.
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The ballad of the 8th Precinct
"You have the riot to remain heard."
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Looking back at one week of protesting in Seattle
KUOW Reporters Casey Martin and Esmy Jimenez discuss protests in Seattle that have lasted one week so far. The protests are among a range of demonstrations that have swept the country, and the globe, opposing police brutality and killings of Black people.
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Race & Identity
Seattle police use tear gas and pepper spray on peaceful protesters
Black Lives Matter activists have been organizing protests in Seattle for multiple days since the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis. What start out as peaceful protests of racial injustice have ended with police dispersing crowds with multiple non-lethal weapons.
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Crime
See racist harassment? Seattle Police want you to dial 911
Seattle police are urging people to report racial harassment amid a recent increase in anti-Asian bias incidents. The Seattle Police Department arrested a man for one of the four racist incidents reported by Asian Americans this week.
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Arts & Life
Seattle performers find a new stage online
Seattle’s night life is slowly reopening with food delivery and to-go cocktails. But music venues and night clubs remain closed – and they're unlikely to see crowds any time soon. Amid the pandemic, performing artists are taking their stage shows to live streaming.
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Health
Washington zoos start social distancing from tigers
Zoos in western Washington are taking extra precautions since a tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York this week was diagnosed with the coronavirus.
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Business
No Opening Day for the Mariners means you have to make your cream cheese hot dog at home
Today was supposed to be Opening Day for the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park. But with everything shutdown due to the coronavirus, the ballpark – and nearby hotdog stands - will stay quiet.
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Health
Formerly homeless adults in Seattle now being tested for the coronavirus
As the number of cases of COVID-19 continues to rise in Seattle, people living in transitional housing are now getting screened and tested for the disease.
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Business
Washington distillers switch from spirits to sanitizer
To help fight the spread of the coronavirus, dozens of distillers around the state are slowing down on beverage alcohol production to make hand sanitizer.