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Dyer Oxley

Online Editor/Producer

About

Dyer Oxley joined KUOW as a web editor in 2020, handling day-to-day upkeep of the station’s website while providing editorial oversight. He also helms KUOW’s daily newsletter.

A newspaper reporter at heart, Dyer came to KUOW via various Seattle-area media — spanning talk radio, podcasts, and TV — where he covered the emerging opioid epidemic, transportation, local government, and the region's pop culture community (he argues the Northwest is one of the nerdiest places on the planet). You can count on him to keep up on the region’s many comic cons, science, and entertainment news.

Location: Pacific Northwest

Languages: English, Limited Klingon and Vulcan

Podcasts

Stories

  • caption: Jackson Elementary kindergarteners return from recess on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, at Jackson Elementary School along Federal Avenue in Everett. With hybrid learning, students have the option to attend in-person classes two days per week.

    Who will keep their masks on after the mandates end?: Today So Far

    Should Washington state lower its legal limit for DUIs? What Seattle's businesses are saying about the recent rise in crime. Not everyone will be giving up masks after Washington's mandates end. School's will make their own decisions. This post originally appeared in KUOW's Today So Far newsletter for March 2, 2022.

  • caption: Mr. Spock wears a face mask in this wall art seen in Seattle in 2020. The work was done by local artist Sub Space, who spreads works of Spock around Seattle. When the Covid-19 pandemic struck, they returned to their Spocks around Seattle and added face masks.

    The pandemic times are a-changin': Today So Far

    Pandemic measures are easing up across Washington. Here's a status check. Russia targets Ukraine with cyberattacks and disinformation campaign. The Seattle region is experiencing a boom in demand for office space. This post originally appeared in KUOW's Today So Far newsletter for March 1, 2022.

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    Walking through the headlines: Today So Far

    With all the headlines that we can only read from afar, I recently found myself putting them aside for a bit, and taking a walk. This post originally appeared in KUOW's Today So Far newsletter for Feb. 28, 2022.

  • caption: People gather outside the Russian Embassy in Washington DC, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, protesting the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

    Northwest reacts to Russia's invasion of Ukraine

    Shortly after Russia began its invasion of Ukraine Wednesday evening, Ukrainian-Americans in Washington state began rallying, proclaiming "stand with Ukraine," and displaying the nation's blue and yellow flag on social media and in the community.

  • caption: The view from Dyer's "front porch" when he was a liveaboard in Bainbridge Island. Other liveaboards are anchored at the city's open water marina.

    A floating roof over their heads: Today So Far

    Higher and higher costs of living around western Washington are pushing some people out of town and into the sea. While obtaining liveaboard status in Puget Sound is not easy, living on a boat is a solution that officials may have to catch up to.
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    What's in a drug name?: Today So Far

    What's in a name? A lot, if you're talking about pharmaceutical drugs. And we're all gonna get familiar with new Covid drug names as the pandemic becomes endemic.