Liz Jones
Editor
About
Liz Jones is an editor for daily news, features and special projects. She started at KUOW in 2005 and worked primarily as a reporter until 2018. Her coverage largely focused on immigration and underrepresented communities.
Her work has also been heard on national shows including NPR’s Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Here & Now, PRI's The World, Latino USA, Snap Judgment, The Takeaway and BBC News Service.
She is a NW native who's also lived in Spain, Peru, NYC and Ritzville, WA.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, Spanish
Pronouns: she/her
Podcasts
Stories
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When Did Northwesterners Stop Speaking Chinook Jargon?
Chinook Jargon was a trade language that once ruled the Northwest. But when was it used, and how many people spoke it? Listener Michelle LeSourd of...
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I Keep Telling My Mom I’m Gay – And She Keeps Forgetting
My friend Ben Nakamura has known he was gay since 7th grade. He came out early on, but he put off telling his parents.
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The Seattle Woman Who Made A Home For Day Laborers
It’s 7 a.m., time for the morning lottery inside Casa Latina’s worker center. One guy shakes a blue canister then pulls out plastic ID cards for the 40 ...
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Silent Vigil Honors Two Killed At 'Jungle' Encampment
A silent vigil Wednesday in downtown Seattle marked the deaths of Jeannine Zapata and James Tran. The two were fatally shot last week at a homeless...
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Survivor: Why Isn't My Abuser On Seattle Archdiocese's List?
Steve O’Connor was 63 when he told his full story – to a jury in King County.
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Former ICE Attorney In Seattle Pleads Guilty To Forgery In Deportation Case
A former government attorney in Seattle pleaded guilty Friday to falsifying documents in a deportation case. KUOW’s race and culture reporter Liz Jones...
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Rumors Of Seattle Raids Ratchet Up Fear Of Deportation
Immigrant advocates have scheduled several workshops in the Seattle area due to concerns about immigration raids. It comes on the heels of a federal ope...
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Refugees Celebrate First Christmas In Seattle Area
Princess dolls, race cars and bicycles with training wheels. Those are a few of the gifts handed out to hundreds of families in Kent this week. Many...
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Refugees Rely On Host Families As Seattle-Area Rents Rise
A pot of lentils simmers in the kitchen of an upscale home in Burien. Two teen brothers and their two younger sisters keep watch. They’re Eritrean...
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Seattle Muslims Raise Concerns About Death Of Somali Teen
The death of a Somali teenager who fell from a Capitol Hill apartment balcony has raised questions in the local Muslim community about exactly what...