Liz Jones
ReporterYear started with KUOW: 2006
Liz reports on immigration and emerging communities for KUOW. Her work covers issues within our region’s growing immigrant and refugee populations, as well as stories connected to minority groups with a longer history in the area.
She comes to KUOW after several years at an online news startup, which was later bought by Oxygen Media in New York. Her last position there was health editor for the network’s website.
Liz has also lived in Spain and Peru and speaks Spanish. She is a graduate of the University of Washington, with a degree in communications.
Liz’s work for KUOW has taken her to Mexico and India. Both those reporting trips produced award-winning documentaries. In 2009, Liz received a regional Murrow award for a documentary about indigenous Mexicans who migrate to the Seattle area. In 2014, she won a national Gracie award and RTNDA’s Kaleidoscope Award for a series that focused on immigration-related links between India and the Puget Sound region.
Her work has also been heard on national shows including NPR’s Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Here & Now, PRI's The World, Latino USA, Marketplace, The Takeaway and BBC News Service.
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More than 1,200 immigrants and refugees took up Seattle’s offer for free legal help on inauguration day, according to the city's estimate. The city… -
People started lining up in Seattle several hours before the city’s big immigration workshop opened its doors at noon Friday.The city planned the event to… -
The handover of presidential power makes us wonder how the new administration will affect our lives.That's especially true for young people. Even more so… -
We picked the school as our meeting place.Victor has worked as a custodian at this junior high for several years. It’s in a suburb of Seattle, near his… -
As a new president takes office Friday, the City of Seattle will mark the occasion with a huge event for immigrants and refugees. It’s a symbolic contrast…
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Since Donald Trump’s election, a sanctuary movement has popped up at college campuses across the United States. Petitions are circulating at nearly 200… -
Build a wall.Increase deportations.End protections for young people known as "Dreamers."President-elect Donald Trump made these promises on the campaign… -
The City of Seattle plans to boost counseling resources in public schools for immigrant and refugee students, particularly those who are undocumented or… -
More than 200 Syrian refugees have been resettled in Washington state. And this New Year’s Day, many in the Seattle area plan to gather for a special… -
The Burien City Council is set to review various “sanctuary city” proposals Monday. The move aims to protect immigrants and keep local police out of…
