Noel Gasca
General Assignment Reporter
About
Noel is a general assignment reporter for KUOW, covering everything from city hall to pickleball. Prior to joining the newsroom, Noel worked as a producer for KUOW’s midday show Soundside. Noel has also worked as an online editor and producer with KUOW’s web team, and she’s also a proud graduate of KUOW’s RadioActive program.
Noel is an alumna of Emerson College and has interned at NPR member stations WBUR in Boston and WAMU in Washington D.C. Originally from Lake Stevens, Washington, Noel is elated to be back in the Pacific Northwest and covering the people and places that make up the state she calls home.
When she’s not working, Noel enjoys perusing Seattle’s used bookstores, practicing her kata, and discussing the lasting legacy of Selena Quintanilla’s music with anyone who will listen.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: National Association of Hispanic Journalists, AIR
Stories
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Lights, camera, the Evergreen state: Why isn't Washington in more films about Washington?
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So you've unionized your Starbucks. What comes next?
This week, Starbucks partners at the Broadway and Denny Location in Capitol Hill clocked in to their first shift at a unionized Starbucks.
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Has a crack appeared in Washington's concrete strike?
Last month, Soundside took listeners to the picket line as concrete workers continued their strike against six of the largest concrete suppliers in the region.
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Social media is flooded with information about Ukraine. SIFT through your sources first.
As the war in Ukraine stretches toward its third week, misinformation about the invasion continues to cloud the airwaves in Russia and beyond.
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Washington's indoor mask mandate is over. Here's how Seattle is feeling about it.
For the last couple of years, your get-out-the-door routine probably involved checking to see if you had your keys, your wallet, and a face mask.
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'He always has a home here in Seattle': Reflecting on Russell Wilson's legacy
The news landed like a fumbled snap - Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson would be hanging up his blue and green jersey, and heading to Colorado to join the Denver Broncos.
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Visiting the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial
On Bainbridge Island, just across Eagle Harbor from the ferry terminal in Winslow, there sits an idyllic 8-acre site, with water lapping at a small dock and light filtering down through towering trees. But the beauty of the space belies its dark history.
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Marking the 80th anniversary of Executive Order 9066
80 years ago this month, the U.S. government forced 227 Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans out of their homes and businesses on Bainbridge Island.
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Postcard: I am not OK
We hear from Drew in Seattle's Central District, who takes us to a place in the city that will forever remind him of living through this pandemic.
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How the Olympic marmot became Washington's fuzziest state symbol
Washington state is known for its variety of flora and fauna. But there's one animal that doesn't get the same kind of love — the Olympic marmot.