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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

  • caption: Saniah Simpson is a resident at the Karsti Apartments in Ballard.

    Ballard beehive apartments offer refuge for a diverse workforce

    Tear-down homes are selling for more than a million dollars in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood. And most one-bedroom apartments cost well over $2,000 a month. That makes it really hard for people with lower-paying jobs to afford places to live in town. And that makes the neighborhood less diverse. How do locals make it work?

  • caption: Teamsters union members demonstrating outside the Ash Grove Cement plant and Stoneway Concrete yard on East Marginal Way South near the West Seattle Bridge entrance. They were tired -- been striking since November -- but committed to seeing it through and fully believe in their cause. Tim Davis is second from left, and Ron Hills is third from left.

    A new idea: King County Public Concrete

    A concrete strike has delayed many projects, from the West Seattle Bridge to light rail for months now. There are four big concrete companies that do most of the work in King County. Now, the county wants to look at creating a fifth company owned by the government.

  • caption: Tanya Fribert of Finerie Style Studio in Pioneer Square

    Even with foot traffic down, Pioneer Square businesses hope for a better year

    Across most of Seattle, stores and restaurants are getting almost as many visitors as they did before the pandemic. But the same isn't holding true everywhere. In 2021, foot traffic in the downtown core in was half of what it was in 2019, according to a new report from the Downtown Seattle Association.

  • caption: Robert Rodriguez is working behind boarded up windows to open Yellow Butterfly Coffee in Pioneer Square / Downtown Seattle

    Behind boarded up windows, Seattle coffee entrepreneur dreams big

    With many office workers still remote, downtown Seattle businesses have struggled. So it seems like a risky time to open a new business. But one new business owner has some unique tricks up his sleeve: Puerto Rican coffee, chocolate, and a dancing panda.

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    Amazon accused by Congress of 'potentially criminal' lies about data use

    Amazon is accused of lying to Congress, when the company said it didn’t use data from its third-party sellers to compete with them. Those allegations were made in a letter from the bipartisan House Judiciary Committee Wednesday, accusing Amazon executives of “potentially criminal activity.”

  • caption: A Russian matryoshka nesting doll

    The long term cost of Russia's tech isolation

    Russia has been hit hard by sanctions in response to its invasion of Ukraine. It’s been further hit by companies like Microsoft, Apple that have said they’ll stop doing business with the country. Computer scientists at the University of Washington say Russia has been preparing for this.