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
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'It was bad.' Three hours on the Covid ICU in Seattle
KUOW's Isolde Raftery spent an afternoon on the Covid ICU at University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. She told reporter Joshua McNichols what she saw -- and
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It's not how I thought my store would end: Bop Street Records in Ballard
Dave Vorhees has run Bop Street Records for 41 years. But the pandemic – has kept his customers away. So he’s closing the shop forever. The Internet Archive bought 500,000 of his vinyl records. We caught up with Vorhees on the sidewalk in front of his old store as movers carted his records onto a truck bound for San Francisco.
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Not all closed Seattle streets will stay closed after the pandemic
Seattle has closed over 20 miles of streets to most vehicle traffic - to give people more space to get some exercise. That way they’re less likely to crowd into parks during the pandemic. They’re also part of a larger strategy to use the current slowdown in traffic to change some of our transportation habits. Not all of those street closures will outlast the pandemic.
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After briefly catching up, Washington's renters fall behind again
About 1 in 10 renters weren’t able to pay their rent for May. That's according to a new survey by the Washington Multifamily Housing Association.
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I am the nurse manager on the Covid ICU. We have the sad stories, and those who have beaten this
Amy Haverland is the nurse manager on the Covid intensive care unit at UW Medical Center. She shared what it was like to have her home base turned into the place for the sickest of the sick with coronavirus.
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Every day I thank God I've got these boys that take good care of me
Tom Paulson used to write about infectious diseases for the Seattle P.I. As the coronavirus pandemic spread, he started to worry about his 93 year old mother, Connie Wagoner. Then, two staff members in her retirement home tested positive for COVID-19. So he hatched a plan to get her out of town.
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Neighbors with sewing machines: We need you again
Whether you’re shopping at the grocery store or jogging on a crowded trail, you should be in a mask. That’s the new rule, when you’re in public and can’t do social distancing, according King County and Seattle officials.
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When rent is due, landlords and tenants both worry now
During the pandemic, it’s not just renters who are having trouble paying the bills. Landlords are stressed too. And with a ban on evictions, they’ve lost a degree of control over their own finances.
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The grief is crushing this Seattle pastor. And so she lights a candle every day
Plymouth Church, in downtown Seattle, isn’t holding services in person. But it’s more than church services that are affected by social distancing. As an older congregation, its members are especially vulnerable by the coronavirus. The church’s lead pastor, Dr. Reverend Kelle Brown says the pandemic has challenged how she sees herself and her job.
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I got the coronavirus at Monroe prison. This is how it went
Voices of the Pandemic features people in the Seattle area on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak in their own words.