Kim Malcolm
Afternoon News Host
About
Kim is the local news host of KUOW's All Things Considered, airing from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. weekdays. Kim covers breaking and developing daily news, both local and regional, as part of NPR's afternoon drive time programming. She has covered the arts, municipal government, politics, and misinformation as part of KUOW's Stand with the Facts live event series, in partnership with the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public. She really enjoys election night coverage, in spite of herself. Kim started out in broadcast journalism in Calgary at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, before working at NPR member station KERA in Dallas and then KUOW. Kim spends most winters waiting for baseball season to start.
Location: Seattle and the Eastside
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her
Podcasts
Stories
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Got a poem in your pocket? Seattle’s Civic Poet does, sort of
Just about every day now has a special observance associated with it. Among other things, April 30th is National Honesty Day, apparently a counterbalance to April Fools' Day. It's also Poem in Your Pocket Day, a capstone to National Poetry Month put forward by the Academy of American Poets. “Poetry is meant to travel,” they say. “However you share it, the goal is simple: put a poem into someone else's day.” To help realize that lovely sentiment, KUOW’s Kim Malcolm reached out to Seattle Civic Poet Dujie Tahat.
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Investigation points to ‘glaring conflict of interest’ in King County department
Last year, the King County Auditor's Office released a damning report about lax financial oversight at the Department of Community and Human Services. It found potential fraud and numerous improper payments to contractors for four youth programs.
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ICE sends Indian national who sought self-deportation to Alaska instead
After spending months detained at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Rakesh Rakesh decided to voluntarily self-deport to India, where he was born and raised. But instead of putting him on an Alaska Airlines flight to New York, where he would transfer to a flight to India, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents sent Rakesh to Sitka, Alaska. KUOW's Kim Malcolm talked with Seattle Times immigration reporter Nina Shapiro about Rakesh's dilemma and how an Alaska Airlines pilot lent him a hand.
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Earth Day is just another day for Seattle's EarthCorps — but still worth marking
When Earth Day started in 1970, vehicles running on leaded gas averaged 12 miles a gallon on U.S. highways. The year before, an oil slick on Cleveland's polluted Cuyahoga River famously caught fire. That first Earth Day involved teach-ins and demonstrations, which soon led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, and legislation like the Clean Air Act. Now, Earth Day involves over a billion people worldwide, including volunteers and staffers with the Seattle-based EarthCorps. The nonprofit’s development manager Kesia Cisse told KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about her organization's work.
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Microsoft signals pause in funding for carbon dioxide removal market
Since 2020, Microsoft has spearheaded efforts to develop a carbon dioxide removal market. The Redmond-based software giant pledged to make the company carbon negative by 2030 and remove all its emissions since its founding by 2050. Now, the company seems to be taking a step back from leading that charge. New York Times climate team reporter David Gelles spoke to KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about his reporting on what Microsoft is doing, and why.
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American healthcare workers consider careers north of the border
Canada needs healthcare workers, but there just aren't enough of them in the country. So they've amped up their efforts to recruit medical professionals from other countries, especially the United States.
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US healthcare workers encouraged to consider the charms of Canada
Canada needs healthcare workers, so they've ramped up their effort to recruit medical professionals from other countries, especially the United States. And they're seeing quite a bit of success.
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Jim Whittaker, Seattle native and first American to summit Everest, dies at 97
Celebrated mountaineer Jim Whittaker has passed away at the age of 97 in Port Townsend. He was the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1963 and inspired generations of climbers. He was also an 82-year member of Seattle-based club, The Mountaineers. Kim Malcolm spoke with Tom Vogl, the current CEO of The Mountaineers, about Whittaker's life and legacy.
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Washington farmers feel the pain of Iran war
The ongoing war against Iran is affecting consumers at the gas pump. But for farmers, it’s not just the price of fuel, but fertilizer, too. And that could affect what we all pay at the grocery store.
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Will a U.S. Supreme Court case change how we vote in Washington state?
The U.S. Supreme Court heard a case this week challenging how states allow people to vote by mail. Local election officials are trying to figure out how to respond.
