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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Even though the school doors are closed all week, there’s a steady stream of visitors to Marysville Pilchuck High.They weave ribbons through the fence… -
Hundreds of students at Garfield High School in Seattle walked out of class Thursday to protest district cuts that could cost the school a teacher.Five… -
Seattle voters will see two competing child care initiatives on their fall ballots.A proposal from the mayor and City Council would create a subsidized… -
When Beacon Hill International School in Seattle submitted its tests last spring, district officials spotted improbably high scores schoolwide.Now, the… -
In a modern kindergarten class, you rarely see one lesson underway at once.At Bow Lake Elementary in SeaTac, these new kindergarteners are studying… -
On a sunny afternoon, 18-year-old Margaret Rim bounces her infant son on her knee in an empty classroom at South Lake High School.A public health nurse,… -
Preschool can look like fun and games.But high-quality preschools use play to teach children the academic, social and developmental skills that they’ll… -
Mercer Island schools reopened Tuesday as officials said the city’s water supply was safe again after increased chlorination over the weekend. But they… -
Although the tunnel boring machine known as “Bertha” is at a standstill, work is still underway to replace Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct.That was the… -
This fall, Seattle voters will choose between two early childhood education ballot initiatives. If you want to weigh in on the issue, you'll have to pick…
