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Joshua McNichols

Reporter

About

As KUOW's Growth and Development reporter and co-host of KUOW's Booming podcast, Joshua's "growing pains" beat sits at the nexus of housing, transportation, urban planning, government and the economy. His favorite stories also include themes of history, technology, and climate change.

Joshua holds a B.A. in Architecture from the University of Washington. Public Radio is his second career; architecture was his first. He is proud of the many odd jobs he's held in his life, such as salmon fisher, author, bike courier, and bed-and-breakfast cook.

Location: Seattle

Languages Spoken: English

Pronouns: he/him

Professional Affiliations: The Society of Professional Journalists, Western Washington Chapter

Podcasts

Stories

  • Who should profit from college sports?

    A court settlement this summer determined that students have a right to make money from sports. But for the first time, universities will be the ones to pay them.

  • How can Seattle keep tourists from loving it to death?

    Every year, tens of millions of tourists visit Seattle’s Pike Place Market, the Elliot Bay waterfront, and sports stadiums. That industry is growing --this year, a record number of cruise ships are expected to fill Seattle’s piers.

  • Is thrifting still thrifty?

    Monica talks to an expert on thrift culture about the economic forces shaping second-hand shopping and why some say it might not be the place for bargain-hunters anymore. 

  • So much for starter homes

    The median price of a single-family home in Seattle is around $1 million, and the greater Seattle area is the third most expensive in the nation. So, why do prices keep going up? 

  • Is our AI obsession good for small town America?

    AI has a backend, and it looks like massive data centers sprawling across farmland in places like central Washington. Today, we travel to a place where the data center boom is well underway to find out how the AI boom is reshaping small towns.

  • The next earthquake is coming. Is old Seattle worth saving?

    The Nisqually earthquake did at least $2 billion worth of damage across the Puget Sound region. It hit Seattle’s historic brick and stone buildings hard, and the city has learned a lot of expensive lessons about what would make them safer. 
  • caption: The Cadillac Hotel in Seattle suffered severe damage in the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake.

    An earthquake could break Seattle into several 'islands'

    Given its geography, Seattle faces some unique challenges were it to face something similar to the magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck early Wednesday off Russia's coast. Such an event could break Seattle into several islands — not islands surrounded by water, but islands nonetheless.