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
Stories
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Crime
How Trump's blanket clemency for January 6 rioters impacts the PNW
OPB’s Troy Brynelson told Kim Malcolm what he heard from some newly pardoned defendants
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Science
New KUOW podcast takes kids behind the scenes at the Burke
Hosts Paige Browning and Brandi Fullwood have fun learning and exploring
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Politics
WA's Jim McDermott remembers Jimmy Carter on the campaign trail and beyond
Former Washington Congressman Jim McDermott says he’ll miss former President Jimmy Carter, a ‘beacon’ and ‘a good man.’
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Food
Peter Piper may have picked a peck of pickled peppers, but he had nothing on Mama Lil’s
Kim Malcolm talks to Howard Lev, author of A Pepper for Your Thoughts? How NOT to Start a Gourmet Foods Business.
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Education
Family of WSU student named in Washington's anti-hazing law helped push for national version
The Stop Campus Hazing Act awaits President Biden's signature
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Government
Homeless encampments are on the decline, Seattle officials say. But where do those people land?
Seattle Times reporter Anna Patrick has been exploring the reality people in the Seattle area experiencing homelessness face when they want shelter.
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Environment
Southern Resident orcas have been seen wearing salmon ‘hats.’ But it's not all fun and games
Deborah Giles told KUOW’s Kim Malcolm that while this "salmon hat" phenomenon is certainly noteworthy, it's likely not a hopeful sign of long-term recovery.
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Health
How to disagree at Thanksgiving without causing a food fight
Mónica Guzmán shares helpful tips for more meaningful holiday conversations during potentially tense gatherings
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How Sammamish residents are weathering bomb cyclone destruction
Cities like Sammamish on Seattle's east side were hard hit.
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Politics
WA governor and AG-elects prepare to stand up to Trump, Project 2025
Washington is the only blue state in the nation where the vote did not shift toward Donald Trump this week.