Ann Dornfeld
ReporterYear started with KUOW: 2008
Ann Dornfeld reports on issues of racial inequity for KUOW.
She previously covered education for the station. Before that, Ann was a roving freelance public radio reporter, focusing on environmental issues, for KUOW and national shows including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, The Environment Report and Marketplace. Ann has reported on a rare bioluminescent bay in Puerto Rico, penguin habitat loss in South Africa, mangrove destruction in the U.S. Virgin Islands, coral reef conservation in Bonaire and invasive lionfish in the Bahamas. She covered a major earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia, for NPR News and The World.
Ann also worked as a reporter and Morning Edition host at KLCC Public Radio in Eugene, Oregon, after internships at KUOW and Alaska Public Radio Network. She got her start spinning hip-hop records at the radio station of Oregon State University, where she majored in biology and environmental sciences.
She has won awards for her reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists, The Associated Press and Public Radio News Directors Incorporated. Ann has also received both investigative and data reporting awards from the Education Writers Association for her coverage of ongoing recess cutbacks and physical education shortages in Seattle-area schools. Her photography has appeared in exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
To see more of Ann's KUOW portfolio, visit our current site.
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The Seattle City Council voted unanimously Monday to become the first city in the nation to allow Uber, Lyft and other for-hire drivers to… -
Many youth become homeless when they get out of detention centers and their parents refuse or fail to pick them up.That’s the finding of a new report that… -
Washington state’s charter schools are about to lose state funding, so they’re exploring an option that might allow them to stay open.Charter schools that… -
The Washington state Legislature has directed funding to reduce class sizes in elementary schools.But as KUOW’s Ann Dornfeld reports, that doesn’t mean… -
When Emily Au walks to school, she worries about getting jumped – again.Last time, it was a woman at a bus stop asking for bus fare. The woman didn’t take… -
A lot of Seattle teens can hit the snooze button next school year.The school board voted 6-1 Wednesday night to push back start times for middle and high… -
Elementary students in Seattle Public Schools get far less time to eat lunch than district policy requires, according to a study by University of… -
King County voters will decide on a levy focused on helping young children get a strong start in life.The Best Starts for Kids levy would raise about $390… -
This was not your usual bake sale."We’ve got some Bum Deal Brownies, Overcrowding Oreos, B.S. Banana Bread, Forget the Kids Fig Bars," laughed Darcey… -
The lactation room wasn’t a room at all.It was a corner of the lunch room in an old King County building in Seattle's Columbia City neighborhood.A shoji…
