Derek Wang
Assignment EditorYear started with KUOW: 1998.
As KUOW's Assignment Editor, Derek coordinates the news team's daily coverage.
Previously, Derek has been the station's interim news director, the local host for Morning Edition and All Things Considered, a reporter and a producer. Before moving to Seattle, Derek worked at NPR member station WNYC in New York City and CBS News.
Derek has won numerous national and regional journalism awards. He has a bachelor's degree in film from New York University and a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. He and his wife, Gina, live in Seattle.
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Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has announced a new way forward for car services.Murray said a new agreement has been reached that does not cap the number of… -
The Environmental Protection Agency is working to remove hundreds of containers of hazardous chemicals from a Craftsman home in Seattle's Green Lake… -
Children with the biggest needs face the biggest gaps in services, according to a new report about children adopted from the state's foster care…
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President Obama said Thursday the United States is still trying to win the release of former Lynnwood, Wash., resident Kenneth Bae from North… -
When Myunghee Bae stepped into the hospital room in North Korea on Friday, she wept as she embraced her son.Kenneth Bae, a former Lynnwood man, was…
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People in the City of SeaTac could vote this November on an initiative that would create a $15 an hour hour minimum wage for thousands of workers at… -
There are more than 200 bridges in Washington that could collapse if a key part fails. They’re classified as being fracture-critical, just like the… -
New toll rates for the Highway 520 floating bridge and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge take effect July 1. The increase is the latest toll hike and has been… -
Same-sex couples around the Seattle area celebrated Wednesday’s historic ruling from the US Supreme Court that struck down some bans on gay marriage. The… -
It’s been about a month since a truck hauling an oversized load struck an I-5 bridge and sent it plunging into the Skagit River. Truckers have a tough job…
