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. She has covered a variety of local topics, including Seattle politics, elections, and the arts. She's also co-hosts KUOW's weekly arts podcast, Meet Me Here, highlighting the local literary scene and visiting authors.
In 2024, Katie created the KUOW Book Club, featuring stories and authors from the Pacific Northwest. Katie's picks have included classics, like Timothy Egan's "The Good Rain," and more recent hits, like Sonora Jha's "The Laughter." At the end of each month's reading, Katie interviews the featured author, giving readers a chance to hear from some of the most talented writers in the region. All readers are invited to join the KUOW Book Club by signing up for the newsletter at kuow.org/books.
Katie is a graduate of the University of Florida College of Journalism, and in her spare time that isn't spent reading, she is a P-Patch gardener and an auntie.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Professional Affiliations: Union Steward, SAG-AFTRA
Podcasts
Stories
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Honest trail reviews for hikers with disabilities: Travel For Good
Syren Nagakyrie felt excluded from outdoor recreation for much of their life. They told KUOW that trail developers seem to overlook how people with disabilities interact with the outdoors.
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Washington Indigenous families still living with the 'very deliberate effort to wipe us out'
The U.S. Interior Department has set out to document abusive boarding schools that once targeted Indigenous tribes, their cultures and their children. A first-of-its-kind report from the agency's Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative puts the extent of that abuse in black and white.
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The restored Elwha River, 'hidden gem' of the Olympic Peninsula: Travel For Good
At the north end of the Olympic Peninsula, trucks carrying massive trees rumble through the town of Port Angeles. Humans here have dramatically altered the old-growth forests that ring the snowy peaks of the mountains nearby. But residents are working to preserve what they can of this wilderness.
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Prescribed burns are back in Washington state. Why?
Washington state is conducting a prescribed burn for the 2022 season for the first time in about 18 years.
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'April showers bring May showers': Earth Day with WA state Climatologist Nick Bond
Here in the Pacific Northwest, every day feels like is Earth Day.
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Activists, environment, and midterms: President Biden in Seattle
President Joe Biden is visiting Seattle for Earth Day.
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Mariners' Catie Griggs says this is Seattle's year — and she wants everyone to catch the action
Baseball is coming back to T-Mobile Park Friday — along with all the nostalgia and sometimes the cost that accompanies the game. A new face is leading the Mariners' business operations: Catie Griggs is the first woman to hold the role in the team's history and is currently the highest ranking woman in all of Major League Baseball.
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Seattle's hot housing market means more competition for renters
The spring and summer housing forecast is bright — for sellers anyway.
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What's working, what's not, and who's 'picking up the slack' at Western State Hospital
As attitudes toward mental health have changed, so too have policies around how we treat those suffering from mental illness, how we cover those costs and how we measure the success of the institutions providing care. Here in Washington state — as progressive as it may be — overhauling the system has proven easier said than done.
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Why are these 23 WA state lawmakers choosing not to seek re-election?
Twenty-three Washington state lawmakers have decided not to run for re-election this year. What’s the deal?