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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Washington state takes on Trump again. This time for the Dreamers
Updated on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 11:33 a.m. Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Wednesday that his office is filing a multi-state...
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'A broken promise': Dreamers and lawmakers react to the end of DACA
Nearly 18,000 young immigrants in Washington state are protected from deportation through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. But that...
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'A stalemate of stress' as Dreamers wait on decision
“I’m losing sleep,” said Graciela Nuñez Pargas. “A lot of us are not sleeping.” Nuñez is one of roughly 800,000 so-called “Dreamers” on edge around the...
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A death pushed these farmworkers to protest. Now an investigation is underway
SUMAS, WASHINGTON — They walked along a dusty, country road, fields of ripe blueberries stretching for miles.
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A death ignites labor tensions at berry farm near Canada
Labor tensions have erupted at a berry farm in Sumas, Washington, on the border with Canada. Advocates say more than 120 people have walked off the job...
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Finding The Nun Who Saved Me In Vietnam
Julie Davis, who was airlifted to Seattle from Saigon in 1975, shares her story. This week marks the 40th anniversary of Operation Babylift, the mass...
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DOJ to local police: Assist immigration agents or lose grants
State and local governments in Washington receive millions in federal police grants. This week, the Justice Department said some of these future grants...
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Seattle judge: Nonprofit lawyers can keep helping in immigration cases
When the Department of Justice ordered a group of Seattle lawyers to stop helping in some immigration cases, the lawyers fought back. On Monday, U.S....
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How will Seattle's next mayor face Trump's immigration policies?
The policy changes came fast as President Donald Trump took office. In Seattle, a city where roughly one in five people are immigrants, protests erupted...
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Her miscarriage in ICE detention raises questions about care
She wears a yellow uniform, loose, with a sweatshirt underneath. Her long hair, braided in tight cornrows near her temples. Her handshake, timid. We...