Clare McGrane
Producer, Emerging Platforms
About
Clare's work focuses on the intersection of audio and the digital world. She oversees KUOW's Smart Speaker content and strategy, finding new ways to deliver quality journalism through this emerging platform. Through research and data analysis, she helps inform the station's broader approach to digital audio, including podcast strategy and presenting audio on KUOW.org. Clare also helps produce KUOW podcasts and does fill-in production and reporting work for the KUOW newsroom. She previously covered health and biotechnology at GeekWire, where she also produced the site's news podcasts. In her spare time, you may find her playing the teenage sorceress Elspeth Margaster in her current Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
Podcasts
Stories
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Seattle Now
Seattle Now: A childcare nightmare
Childcare isn't just essential for working parents, it’s also the linchpin of a functioning economy. But the pandemic has disrupted the child care system, and parents are grappling with impossible choices.
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Seattle Now
Seattle Now: Covid reality check
Covid cases are declining across Washington, even prompting some schools to consider a return to in-person learning. But we're not out of the woods yet.
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Seattle Now
Seattle Now: Fighting fire with fire
For thousands of years, native tribes prevented destructive wildfires... by setting fires on purpose. Now prescribed burning could solve the West's wildfire problem.
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Seattle Now
Seattle Now: Baby orca!
It's been a tough week, but there's at least one piece of news to celebrate: Orca mom J35, or Tahlequah, had her calf.
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Seattle Now
Seattle Now: First day of school
Virtual school is back in session... so how did it go? And what's the etiquette for a Zoom classroom?
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Seattle Now
Seattle Now: Covid goes to college
Washington State University is seeing a huge Covid outbreak, even though classes are all online. What can we learn from how colleges are tackling this challenge? Trish talks with NPR higher education reporter Elissa Nadworny.
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Seattle Now
Seattle Now: Power shift in the gig economy
Covid has upended the economy, even the gig economy, and some of the changes are here to stay.
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Seattle Now
Seattle Now: Murder charge for Auburn cop
King County is putting a new state law to the test by charging an Auburn Police Officer with murder. It's only the third time a case like this has been brought since the 1930s.
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Seattle Now
Seattle Now: How we can fix the pandemic
The US response to the Covid pandemic was an epic failure. But it's not too late
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Seattle Now
Seattle Now: Post office drama hits Washington
The Postal Service is locked in a political drama over access to mail in ballots. What does it mean for Washington voters?