David Hyde
Reporter and Interviewer
About
David started in radio as a DJ at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Listeners responded with enthusiasm, he says, sometimes by throwing empty beer bottles at the station.
In New York, David worked as the managing editor and reporter for a regional newspaper. He also freelanced as a radio correspondent and reporter before moving to Seattle (shortly after it was still cool).
In addition to his reporting background, David has also pursued graduate work in U.S. cultural history (ABD) and he's taught college courses in U.S. cultural history.
At KUOW since 2004, David has also worked on The Conversation, Weekday, Speakers' Forum and The Record. Now a reporter, David says his main goal is to create radio that matters to KUOW listeners. If he's not doing that, please let him know.
Stories
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KUOW Newsroom
Trump promised to revive Northwest timber jobs during his 2016 campaign. That hasn't happened
Mason County, which is due west of Olympia, was one of two reliably Democratic counties in Western Washington that swung hard for Donald Trump in the last election, when he promised on the campaign trail to bring timber jobs back to the Northwest. But the jobs have not come back.
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KUOW Newsroom
Which shade of blue will win Washington state's 10th congressional district this year?
The race for Washington’s 10 Congressional District in the Olympia-Tacoma area is just one of two in the country that pits one Democrat against another this year.
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KUOW Newsroom
Durkan's proposed 2021 budget: $100M for BIPOC communities, wage freezes, and more
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KUOW Newsroom
Blue county, bear-meat-loving voters went for Trump. Will they do it again?
In 2016 Grays Harbor County went Republican for the first time since Herbert Hoover, and no places saw a bigger flip than the small mill town of McCleary. To understand why, and where things may be headed in 2020, it helps to start with a recent battle over hundreds of pounds of bear meat that goes into the stew that is the centerpiece of the annual McCleary Bear Festival.
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Washington State's Delegation blasts Trump's answer on peaceful transition of power
This week President Trump failed to commit to a peaceful transition of power after the fall election. “We’re going to have to see what happens,” Trump said, adding (without evidence) vote-by-mail can't be trusted. Leaders around the country condemned the response. KUOW reached out to Washington’s congressional delegation for response.
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KUOW Newsroom
Election recall fever hits Seattle politics
First, five Seattleites filed a petition to recall Mayor Durkan over her handling of police violence during this year’s protests. Now other elected officials in Seattle are targets.
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Man loses job after launching 'Recall Sawant' drive
Earlier this week Ernie Lou and a group of other Capitol Hill residents filed a formal petition with King County to recall Seattle council member Kshama Sawant. By the end of the week he lost a job because of it.
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KUOW Newsroom
Who takes responsibility for a racist political ad?
Democrat T’wina Nobles, who is running for a seat in the Washington State Senate this year, said she first saw a copy of the attack mailer on Twitter. “This is a very serious photo of me, but it definitely has been altered to come across as extremely dark,” Nobles said. But nobody takes responsibility for the racist mailer.
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KUOW Newsroom
Former Tacoma Mayor Strickland takes early lead in Washington state congressional race
Washington state has never elected a Black person to Congress, but voters in the 10th District — south of Seattle — might change that this year.
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KUOW Newsroom
Jayapal goes after Attorney General Barr over federal force against protesters
Seattle Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and U.S. Attorney general William Barr had a heated exchange in a House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday.
