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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Sen. Murray: 'This Supreme Court really concerns me'
Kim Malcolm talks with U.S. Senator Patty Murray about the future of Roe v. Wade, and whether Congress should begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump.
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20 years behind bars, now helping youth stay out of prison
In 1999, Andrea Altheimer of Seattle was sentenced to nearly 40 years in prison. She was convicted for shooting and wounding her ex-boyfriend after she found him with another woman. But this year the King County Prosecutor’s office concluded that her sentence was excessive, and there were grounds to cut it in half. She was released in March from the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor.
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Safe for pregnant women to smoke pot? UW study hopes to find out
Kim Malcolm talks with Dr. Natalia Kleinhans about a new study that will research the effects of marijuana on the brain development of infants.
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Lummi Nation asks federal government for emergency intervention to aid Puget Sound orcas
Kim Malcolm talks with Squil-le-he-le Raynell Morris about why the Lummi Nation is asking NOAA to issue an emergency intervention to save Puget Sound orcas.
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Fort Lawton has just a few hoops left to get affordable housing
The legal challenges are largely over. But there's still lots of paperwork to do before 238 low income homes are built on the former army land next to Discovery Park.
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Free college is coming for more low income students in Washington
Kim Malcolm talks with Michael Meotti about the Workforce Education Investment Act.
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Homeless encampment cleared after drug bust
A City of Seattle team began closing down an unauthorized homeless camp along South Dearborn Street in Seattle Monday.
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Immigrant rights group sues Trump over denying bond for asylum seekers
Kim Malcolm talks with Northwest Immigrant Rights Project legal director Matt Adams about a federal lawsuit that aims
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New film explores the rare spirit bear and Canada's Great Bear Rainforest
Kim Malcolm talks with Ian McAllister about his new IMAX film Great Bear Rainforest.
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After deadly crane collapse, state investigation begins
Kim Malcolm talks with KUOW reporter John Ryan about the investigation into Saturday's crane collapse that killed four people in Seattle.