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
Casual Friday with Melissa Hellman and Matthew Inman
Seattle's anarchist jurisdiction officially ends, the Mariners throw a man overboard and a woman finds an amazing deal on some used crochet in a Greenwood thrift store.
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Seattle Now
Bridging a vaccine trust gap
Washington's vaccine rollout hasn't been equitable, especially for Black folks. One reason: broken trust between Black communities and the medical system. Today we talk to someone who's trying to rebuild it.
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Seattle Now
Casual Friday with Tan Vinh and Zaki Hamid
America gets hammered by winter, Seattle gets a taste of donkey sauce and how far would YOU walk through the snow for a Covid vaccine?
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Seattle Now
Seattle Now: A new vision for the Northwest
There’s a giant environment and energy proposal in congress that would reinvision a huge chunk of the West, including Washington. It comes from a surprising place: a Republican from a conservative rural district in Idaho.
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Seattle Now
Voices of the Pandemic
It's been a full year of grief and loss. But also joy, and surprising connections. You’ve been telling us all about it through KUOW's Voices of the Pandemic series.
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Seattle Now
Reopening risks
There's a lot more physical gathering going on these days, at places like schools, gyms and restaurants. That doesn't bode well for Covid numbers - but there are ways to limit the risks.
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Seattle Now
The vaccine line-jumpers
Washington's vaccine system runs on the honor code. So it's no surprise that some people are exploiting it, and getting vaccines when they aren't eligible.
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Seattle Now
'Defund' ideas police can get behind
Defunding the police is a controversial idea. But when it comes to the central issues, there's more agreement than you might think.
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Seattle Now
The vaccine squeeze
Even if you’re eligible for a Covid vaccine, getting one is near impossible right now. That’s because more than two million Washingtonians are competing for the state's limited supply.
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Seattle Now
Schools hit reopening roadblocks
Bellevue's plan to reopen classrooms for its youngest students last week wound up with substitutes and a court date with the teachers union. The story illustrates the huge challenge of opening schools while the pandemic still rages.