Liz Brazile
Interim Online Managing Editor
About
As KUOW's Interim Online Managing Editor, Liz oversees the newsroom's daily web coverage and digital news strategy. She also edits and reports stories for kuow.org.
Liz is among 10 journalists selected by ProPublica in 2024 to undergo the outlet's rigorous Investigative Editor Training Program. She's under ProPublica's mentorship through 2025.
Liz joined KUOW in January 2020 as an Online Editor/Producer. Prior to that, Liz covered education for Crosscut/KCTS 9. She is also an alumna of YES! Magazine, WLWT-TV, and The Cincinnati Herald. Liz currently serves as Senior Vice President of the Seattle Association of Black Journalists. She has also served board terms as President and Secretary of the chapter.
Liz was born and raised in Cincinnati, OH. A violinist, Liz originally started her college career thinking she'd become a music teacher. But after befriending a journalism major at the University of Cincinnati, she was inspired to pursue a career in news instead.
When she's not busy with the news, Liz enjoys roller skating, exploring new places, working out, and doting on her Yorkie.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English and conversational Spanish
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Professional Affiliations: Seattle Association of Black Journalists; National Association of Black Journalists; Investigative Reporters and Editors; and Ida B. Wells Society
Stories
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Law & Courts
Seattle Archdiocese to pay $3 million to settle multiple sex abuse cases
The Archdiocese of Seattle has settled five sexual abuse claims for a total of $3 million, the alleged abuse in those cases spanning the 1960s to the early 1980s.
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Law & Courts
‘I can’t breathe,’ Tulalip man told police. Snohomish County to pay $1.75 M in wrongful death suit
Snohomish County will pay $1.75 million to the family of Cecil Lacy Jr., a Tulalip man who died during a 2015 encounter with law enforcement officers. The settlement was reached days before a second trial that was scheduled in the wrongful death case, which was brought against the county in 2016 and sought $4.5 million.
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Health
Easy-to-use digital vaccination verification launches in Washington state
Need to prove your Covid-19 vaccination status in Washington state? There’s a new, digital way to do that in as little time as a minute.
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Health
WA to allow employers to test for Covid in place of mandatory vaccinations
The rule mirrors federal employment requirements set by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration earlier this month.
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Law & Courts
Legal battle over identifying Seattle officers at pro-Trump rally preceding Jan. 6 insurrection continues
Oral arguments in an ongoing legal battle over publicly identifying four Seattle police officers who attended the pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” rally ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol were heard by the Washington State Supreme Court Tuesday morning.
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Technology
Most Washingtonians experienced a data breach this year, new report finds
Data breaches have reached an all-time high for Washingtonians. About 6.3 million Washington state residents — out of a population of roughly 7.7 million — received notices from breached businesses and agencies over the last year, according to a new report published by Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office.
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Politics
Seattle did not earn its reputation as a progressive city on Election Night
Three leftist candidates lagged far behind their opponents in the first ballot drop at 8:15 p.m. These dramatic margins suggest that, despite the protests for civil rights last year, Seattle isn’t ready to reimagine public safety as activists had hoped.
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Education
'Needs not numbers.' Teachers, families protest Seattle schools special education staff changes
Educators and parents of students with disabilities are pushing back against Seattle Public Schools’ plan to reduce special education staffing at some schools nearly two months into the academic year. They say that the district’s plans are short-sighted and will jeopardize the emotional, physical, and academic well-being of an already vulnerable student population.
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Health
Covid infections down among children in King County since school started
Covid infection rates haven’t increased for kids in King County since they went back to school. In fact, transmission among youth has gone down since the return to physical classrooms.
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Health
King County woman dies of rare blood clotting following Johnson & Johnson Covid shot
Health officials say a King County woman has died from a rare blood clotting disorder after receiving a shot of the single dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. The woman, who was in her late 30s, is one of four deaths confirmed nationwide in connection to the vaccine.