Andy Hurst
Senior Producer, Seattle Now
About
Andy Hurst is a senior producer for Seattle Now, KUOW's daily news podcast. He produces in-depth interviews for the show, in addition to Seattle Now's evening episode, which highlights the top stories of the day from the KUOW newsroom. Andy has produced interviews on a wide array of topics, and he’s especially drawn to stories about public health, science, and arts & culture.
Andy has worked in public radio for more than 20 years. He was a producer for KUOW’s The Record, Weekday, and The Conversation. He was previously a member of the on-air team at KUOW, hosting middays and other dayparts.
He started his journalism career as the local host and producer for Weekend Edition at Northwest Public Broadcasting in Pullman, Washington. He’s a graduate of the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: he/him
Professional Affiliations: 2017 Kiplinger Fellow, Ohio State University
Podcasts
Stories
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SDOT points to rays of hope for reopening the West Seattle Bridge
‘If there were rust all through the steel inside the bridge, then it would be a lost cause to fix it, but the steel is in decent shape.’
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Tim Eyman fakes 'Recall Durkan' petitions, ticking off the real Recall campaign
‘He gave speeches acting as if he launched it, but he actually has nothing really to do with it.’
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Wildfire smoke exacerbates Covid-related respiratory concerns
‘The best thing to do is to stay indoors with windows closed.’
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After their son’s death at a WSU fraternity, family calls for caution, and change
‘They will be back in business, but we will still be living with this grief, that we don't have our son.’
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Council Member Mosqueda on the Best resignation, rethinking Seattle public safety
‘…this was never personal. This was not about one person.’
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Carmen Best and the big picture: Not 'just a story about a police chief resigning'
‘It would be really, really hard for a Black woman within a kind of inherently racist institution, like a police department, to change that police department by herself.’
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Pros and cons of disbanding Seattle's Navigation Team
‘We believe there's a much better model’ vs. ‘I think there is benefit to having police involved in that work.’
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Northshore School District doubles down on distance learning for this fall
The Northshore School District is planning to start the upcoming school year with 100% distance learning. Superintendent Michelle Reid told KUOW about the experience of quickly pivoting to distance learning in the spring, and described how the pandemic has further exposed inequities in education
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Bear News: An interview with Chris Morgan
On the conservation roller coaster, good and bad news for grizzly bears.
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Lawyers Guild observer believes her group was targeted by police at protest
‘In that moment, I actually honestly thought that they had broken my ankle.’