Eilís O'Neill
Reporter
About
Eilís (eye-LEASH) O'Neill fell in love with radio when she was a 14-year-old high school intern at KUOW, in the program that later became RadioActive. Since then, she's worked as a radio reporter in South America and New York City and was thrilled to return to her hometown radio station in 2017. Her work has appeared on The World, Marketplace, and NPR.
Eilís has a degree in English and Spanish from Oberlin College and a master’s degree in science, environment and health journalism from Columbia University.
Stories
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Seattle hikers: You may be trampling on tribal treaty rights
At 2 o’clock on a recent Friday afternoon, the parking lot at the Mailbox Peak trailhead was almost full. This much was to be expected: Mailbox is a...
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Supreme Court gives tribes a victory over Washington state in salmon case
A tie in the U.S. Supreme Court may cost Washington state $2 billion. The court split 4-4 Monday in a long-running court battle between tribes and the...
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Lolita the orca was taken from Puget Sound. The Lummi want her back
At Penn Cove, on the north end of Whidbey Island, gulls and other birds fly overhead, and a muddy beach leads down to the water. It’s quiet today, but,...
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3 reasons we're farming Atlantic salmon in Puget Sound
Every time I report on the Great Atlantic Salmon Escape of 2017, someone asks me the same question: Why don’t we just farm Pacific salmon species in Puget Sound?
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For farmworkers' kids, country air means dust, pesticides and asthma
Patricia Marín still remembers the day nine years ago when her daughter Azul started coughing and couldn't stop. Her breathing was ragged. At the time,...
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What do you do when a major polluter is holding Seattle together?
Yet another building with 400 offices, first-floor retail space, and underground parking is going up in Seattle’s South Lake Union. One of the primary...
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'Water in the streets': a glimpse of the Northwest's watery future
Tom and Marie Cawrse live on the far east side of Port Townsend, on the northeast point of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, right on the beach. Since...
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Environment
Why isn't wildfire smoke lingering over Washington state?