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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SPU shooting: Why an insanity defense is so tough to use
The man accused in a deadly shooting 2014 attack at Seattle Pacific University has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. On the opening day of the...
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Does Seattle need stricter rules on how police use surveillance?
Kim Malcolm talks with Shankar Narayan about the use of surveillance technology by the Seattle Police Department. The issue resurfaced recently after a report in The Stranger detailed how the police had purchased software that allows officers to monitor your social media posts.
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Got guns? Here's why safe storage could save your life
Kim Malcolm talks with Dr. Joseph Simonetti about the public health implications of safe firearm storage. His research finds that adolescents with risk...
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Seattle Mayor's 2017 budget includes millions more for police, homelessness
Kim Malcolm talks with Seattle Mayor Ed Murray about his 2017 budget proposal. He's calling for hiring 200 additional police officers and an increase of...
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What's behind the 55 percent rise in Seattle's sexual assaults
Kim Malcolm talks with Capt. Deanna Nollette about the rise in sexual assault cases being reported to the Seattle Police Department. Reported cases are...
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City sues West Seattle homeowners who allegedly cut down trees in public greenbelt
Kim Malcolm talks with Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes about two civil lawsuits filed against several West Seattle homeowners for their role in...
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What you should know about deadly Legionnaires' disease
Kim Malcolm talks with Dr. Jeffrey Duchin about the outbreak of Legionnaires' disease at the University of Washington Medical Center. Duchin is health...
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Do we need to better protect foster kids sent out-of-state?
Kim Malcolm talks with Connie Lambert-Eckel about why some Washington foster kids end up being taken in by families in other states. A recent New York...
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What it means for Seattle to get safe injection sites
Kim Malcolm talks with Caleb Banta-Green, an opiate addiction expert and a member of the King County Heroin and Prescription Opiate Taskforce, about...
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How a paperwork error shaved off supervision time for sex offenders
Kim Malcolm talks with Seattle Times reporter Joseph O'Sullivan about his investigation into how an incorrect sentencing form shaved off community...