Deborah Wang
Contributing Editor
About
Deborah currently oversees newsroom training and leads the nascent KUOW Trust Project, an initiative focused on strengthening audience trust in journalism. She is an award–winning radio and television journalist whose career spans more than three decades. Since joining the staff in 2005, she has done everything from political reporting to podcast hosting to serving as interim news director.
Her first reporting job was at public radio station WFCR in Amherst, Massachusetts. In 1990, she went to work for National Public Radio and served as NPR's Asia correspondent based in Hong Kong. During that time, she covered the Persian Gulf War from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and then spent months in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq filing stories on the war's aftermath.
In 1993, she joined ABC News as a television correspondent in Beijing and Hong Kong, and covered, among other things, Hong Kong's handover from British to Chinese rule. In 1999, she set up the network's first news bureau in Seattle.
Deborah has also worked as an on–air anchor for CNN International and as host of the Emmy Award-winning show IN Close from Cascade PBS in Seattle. She is a long-time host on the TEDxSeattle stage.
Deborah has done extensive reporting on adolescents and mental health. She was the recipient of a 2018-2019 Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellowship and currently serves on the program’s advisory board.
She has won numerous awards for her reporting, including the Alfred I. DuPont Silver Baton, the Overseas Press Club's Lowell Thomas Award and a Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation.
To see more of Deborah's past KUOW work, visit our archive site.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, conversational Chinese
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: US Advisory Board Member, Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellowships
Stories
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Russian hackers posted Sea-Tac files to 'dark website,' airport director tells Congress
Suspected Russian hackers are posting data stolen from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on the dark web, according to Aviation Managing Director Lance Lyttle.
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Lou Whittaker, mountaineering legend, dies at 95
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Rosalynn Carter left a legacy of mental health journalism, including at KUOW
The late Rosalynn Carter was a fierce advocate for mental health. A program she founded at the Carter Center provides resources and support to help journalists improve their coverage of mental health and mental illnesses. KUOW's Deborah Wang and Liz Jones were two of the program's fellows.
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Bainbridge ferry passengers battle route restrictions
Passengers on the Seattle-to-Bainbridge Island ferry are having to make some big adjustments today.
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WA farmworkers fight for union recognition at mushroom farm that was sued over discrimination, retaliation
Labor activists and farm workers gathered in downtown Seattle Thursday afternoon demonstrating for the right to organize a union at a mushroom farm in Central Washington.
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Bill would protect runaway youth seeking gender-affirming care
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‘Yes’ vote for Seattle election reform now leading
Will Seattle adopt ranked choice voting? Latest ballot count shows the 'yes' vote in the lead
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Most western Washington Democrats poised to return to Congress
Aside from a close race in the 8th Congressional District, western Washington’s Democratic incumbent members of Congress are decisively beating back challenges from Republicans, and the party might even pick up a seat in the House.
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Northern lights make appearance over Washington
Northwest astronomy fans got a treat Monday night as clear skies provided an excellent view of the northern lights over Washington state.
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A religious group gives tips on avoiding the Covid-19 vaccine in Washington state
A group called One Washington is holding seminars around the state to instruct people on how to ask for a religious exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine. KUOW’s Deborah Wang attended one of their sessions this week.