Katherine Banwell
ProducerYear started with KUOW: 2014
Katherine started working at KUOW in February 2014 as the audio engineer for the afternoon news magazine. Currently she's the producer for the Race and Equity team.
Prior to coming to KUOW, she worked at KPLU ("the other public radio station in the city") as a fill-in host on All Things Considered and host of Weekend Morning Edition. She's also the voice of many telephone on-hold messages for businesses across the country.
Originally from Canada, she began her broadcasting career as a news and arts reporter for, among other places, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
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We don't need statistics to see that Seattle is growing at an unprecedented rate. One neighborhood where the change is most noticeable is the Central…
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After a white police officer killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, there were months of protest across the country, including Seattle. New attention…
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Many white Americans believe that black Americans earn close to what their own families make. The truth is far different.Blacks, on average, earn half of…
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People who are chubby or fat often experience prejudice. But a recent study out of the University of Washington found that for Asian Americans, being fat…
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Washington state and federal officials want to make it easier for you to access the state's many parks and recreation areas.Right now, there are about 20…
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Marty Jackson runs the Southeast Area Network of the Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative. For years, she had worked with Stephan Stewart, trying…
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When 30-year-old Charleena Lyles was shot and killed by Seattle Police, her death became part of a legacy of trauma absorbed by the black community. Brain…
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When Stephan Blanford ran for Seattle school board four years ago, he won 89 percent of the vote.But he often felt stuck as a member of that board and now…
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Charleena Lyles lived in housing owned and operated by Solid Ground in Seattle's Magnuson Park. The nonprofit organization manages a campus with 175…
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The African American community in Seattle is in shock after city police shot and killed 30-year-old Charleena Lyles. Jenny Henderson is a therapist in…