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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Washington state charter schools are open as usual today despite Friday’s state Supreme Court decision that charters are unconstitutional. Families of… -
Seattle Public Schools teachers have voted to strike beginning the first day of school, Sept. 9, if there's no new contract.Teachers call the district's… -
Charter schools are unconstitutional, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled late Friday afternoon – dropping a bombshell just days after some charter… -
Seattle teachers haven't gone on strike over a contract negotiation since 1985.But Seattle Education Association Vice President Phyllis Campano says with… -
Last year, a KUOW investigation found that recess has been cut back at many Seattle schools – especially in low-income neighborhoods.As KUOW’s Ann… -
Marcie Sillman talks to KUOW's Ann Dornfeld about recess (and other issues) that are on the table in contract talks between the Seattle teacher's union… -
The Seattle teachers’ union is clashing with the district over what should be on their new contract.KUOW’s Ann Dornfeld talked with teachers at a union…
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Under Washington state law, children are supposed to be fully immunized to attend daycare or preschool.But no one knows how many kids in child care… -
Only around half of Washington students passed the new state tests in math and English.That’s a big drop in scores from the old tests. But it’s what… -
The Washington state Supreme Court is fining the Legislature $100,000 a day effective immediately for failing to come up with a plan to fully fund K-12…
