Caroline Chamberlain Gomez
Editor, Seattle Now
About
Caroline Chamberlain Gomez is the editor of Seattle Now, KUOW's flagship news podcast. She's produced and edited hundreds of episodes on the people and stories that shape Seattle. She created "Casual Friday," Seattle Now's Friday episode that performs best (almost) every week. She was also a lead producer on Battle Tactics For Your Sexist Workplace and Second Wave. She has a Master's degree in Human Centered Design and Engineering from the University of Washington, and she applies a user-centered approach to her journalism and processes.
Previously she was a producer at KCRW and is a proud alum of UCLA's Daily Bruin.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, conversational German
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: The Society of Professional Journalists, Western Washington Chapter
Podcasts
Stories
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Seattle Now: Less bad than everywhere else
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with KUOW special projects editor Jeannie Yandel and community engagement director Zaki Hamid.
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Seattle Now: The show must go online
Concerts, movies, plays, the ballet... it’s all off-limits while we’re social distancing to beat a deadly virus, but the city's artists are determined to stay connected to their audience.
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Seattle Now: Zoom makes you look like your DMV photo
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with friend of the podcast Megan Sukys and Crosscut writer Knute Berger.
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Seattle Now: Flour is the new toilet paper
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with APM editor Phyllis Fletcher and Seattle Times food writer Tan Vinh.
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Seattle Now: Don't eat the corona snacks
We get together to digest another relentless week of local news with KUOW's Jeannie Yandel and Salon TV critic Melanie McFarland.
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Seattle Now: Green Lake
Public health experts say the extraordinary measures we're taking to slow the novel coronavirus could go on for months. We meet a UW psychologist at Green Lake to hear about ways to stay mentally healthy in an uncertain time.
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Seattle Now: Takeout's time to shine
Foodies of Seattle, you still have options. But the city’s restaurants are down to skeleton crews and getting creative to survive a two-week shutdown. We'll meet one restaurant owner hoping your take-out business will help his business -- and remaining employees -- make it through.
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Seattle Now: That escalated quickly
We process another, somehow more intense week of Seattle news with KUOW's Zaki Hamid and Deborah Wang.
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Seattle Now: Seattle diners have reservations
Seattle has slowed down dramatically in recent days due to the coronavirus outbreak. But one of the first places to feel the impact has been the city's Chinese restaurants, out of fear that they are somehow linked to the virus -- which they are not.
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Seattle Now: How are your hands doing?
We process a week's worth of sometimes scary, sometimes surreal coronavirus news with KUOW's Zaki Hamid and Jeannie Yandel. And here's a tip: Don't smoke when making your homemade hand sanitizer.