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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Chief Sealth International High School in West Seattle is among the most diverse schools in the city. Seventy-five percent of the students are black,…
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La TaSha Levy is an assistant professor of American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington. Patricia Murphy talks to her about the intersection…
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Is it OK to call someone of color ethnic? What does half-white mean? Dr. Ralina Joseph, director of the University of Washington’s Center for…
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Staff at Southern Heights Elementary School were concerned about an 11-year-old boy. He wouldn't make eye contact with people and was disengaged from…
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"I had NEVER hugged a white man in my whole life. And now I'm like hugging these guys and saying 'I love you, brother.'" Zakary Fike is white. William…
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If you're a kid of color living in poverty in our region, getting to college can be tough. The Road Map Project has been trying to help for seven years.…
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The Trump administration wants to end the EnergyStar program – you might know it from labels that mark the most energy-efficient appliances when you shop…
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Information was released this week about how the Republican health plan would affect people in Washington. UW associate law professor Sallie Sanford spoke…
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Seattle sees itself as a progressive city. Then there are those taxes ...A nationwide study of 51 cities says Seattle is the fourth worst for taxes if…
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Recent hate crimes prompted President Donald Trump to condemn such acts in a speech to Congress. Some of those incidents have been in the Pacific…