Katie Campbell
Online Editor/Reporter
About
Katie joined KUOW's online team as an editor and reporter in 2024, after serving three years as senior producer of the local Morning Edition program. In addition to reporting on the news of the day, she brings readers some levity with a weekly news quiz and curates the KUOW Book Club. (Get her literary recommendations and analysis by signing up for the book club newsletter!)
Katie previously served listeners in Phoenix at member-station KJZZ. As an Arizona Capitol reporter, she reported on a statewide teacher strike and investigated two Arizona state representatives who, ultimately, departed the state House amid scandal. She also covered numerous elections, from rural county races to U.S. Senate contests and Arizona's role as a key battleground state in 2020. Katie's reporting was featured on an award-winning political podcast, which she launched and hosted for the Arizona Capitol Times.
She is a graduate of the University of Florida College of Journalism, a P-Patch gardener, and an auntie to two wonderful little terrors.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Stories
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Politics
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan responds to police pushback over vaccine mandate and more
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced this week the city workers will be required to get vaccinated against Covid-19. The Seattle Police Officers Guild wasn't pleased, claiming the city did not consult members as required under the guild's bargaining agreement.
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Environment
Rain is on Seattle's horizon 'just in the nick of time'
We've got a shot this week at ending our current dry spell. We've gone nearly 50 days without any measurable rain, but Meteorologist Maddie Kristell at the National Weather Service of Seattle says there may be some good news ahead.
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Environment
Orcultural exchange: Orcas briefly visit Salish Sea after long absence
The Orca Behavior Institute says at least 50 whales from the J, K and L pods were seen heading south toward Eagle Point. But one is now presumed dead.
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Politics
Seattle clearly has an election next week. 'It’s much less clear exactly what people want the city to do about it'
It’s showtime for the 2021 primary election. Most people will vote this weekend or at least by Monday. Be sure to get those ballots ready and have them postmarked by 8 p.m. Tuesday.
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Politics
Jenny Durkan on more police vs. community-based solutions: 'It's a false choice ... we need both'
After a series of unrelated shootings that left multiple people injured and at least five dead around Seattle, Mayor Jenny Durkan says the city needs more police officers. The thing is, she says, the city can support its police force and community-based programs to reduce violence.
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Politics
Seattle politics enter a new frontier this week
Stop me if you've heard this one: A couple of billionaires launch themselves into suborbital space.
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Arts & Life
'The resilience of native women': These Navajo matriarchs heal and educate through dance
Thousands of American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls are missing - many presumed murdered, their families denied the dignity of laying their bodies to rest. "Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project" honors these women and their land, and educating non-native people along the way.
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Politics
'Everybody wanted this story. You guys got it.' This week in Seattle politics
Local election ballots are in the mail this week, and, as you might expect, the contests for Seattle Mayor and City Council are becoming more pitched and more intense. So, what are some of the themes driving public opinion this year? The short answer: a lot.
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Environment
Washington wildfires already draining resources. 'We can't afford to have any spark out there'
Washington firefighters have already responded to more than 900 fires this year. That's according to the state's Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz who says this is just the beginning of what is already proving to be an especially devastating wildfire season.
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Arts & Life
'This came from a dream.' How this Navajo family is healing with dance
Eugene Tapahe never dreamt the coronavirus pandemic would bring the world to a stop. Nor could he have known when the virus struck that another pandemic a century earlier - and a tradition that grew out of it - would send his family on a 30,000-mile journey to heal.