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
-
Health care and homelessness: Harrell takes first steps as Seattle mayor
Bruce Harrell was sworn in as Seattle’s mayor Tuesday morning (he officially became mayor on New Year’s Day), marking a change in city leadership that is promoted as a move toward moderation.
-
KUOW Newsroom
Too verbose? Seattle Council approves 10 minute speech rule
You could call it the blowhard rule. This week, the Seattle City Council banned its members from droning on too long.
-
KUOW Newsroom
Sawant Recall vote in Seattle is about more than three charges
The November elections are over, but there’s still a political battle brewing in one district, where the only socialist Seattle City Council member, Kshama Sawant, is the target of a December 7 Recall Election. Technically it’s a contest over three formal charges that Sawant broke the law, but for many voters in District 3, which includes Capitol Hill and the Central Area, it’s a referendum on Sawant’s politics and her political style.
-
KUOW Newsroom
While this WA commission's 'homework was turned in late, it was completed'
The Washington State Redistricting Commission had one job.
-
Despite missing deadline, commission did draw a map for Washington's congressional districts
asdfasdfasdf
-
KUOW Newsroom
New voting maps to be drawn by state Supreme Court, after historic fail by commission
Washington was supposed to know by Tuesday, Nov. 16 what the state’s new political maps would look like. But the state's bipartisan redistricting commission has missed its deadline. The task now goes to the Washington State Supreme Court.
-
Elections
How did your neighbors vote in the 2021 Seattle mayoral race?
Bruce Harrell is now Seattle's mayor-elect. Where in the city did he draw votes? Seattle-based political consultant Ben Anderstone created the above map of election night results.
-
KUOW Newsroom
Candidates peddling conspiracy theories lose races in Western Washington
Up in Snohomish County, candidate Anita Shad ran for a seat on a Public Hospital Commission with an innocuous voter's guide statement that emphasized her experience working with diverse communities in fields including Education and Medicine. It left out her record of spreading medical misinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic.
-
KUOW Newsroom
González concedes. Bruce Harrell will be Seattle's next mayor
Thursday night, two days after initial results came in for the November 2 election, the gap between L After the latest round of ballot counts, Lorena González announced that she is conceding from the race for Seattle mayor and had called Harrell to congratulate him.
-
KUOW Newsroom
Why voters of a certain age may have veered Seattle toward the center
‘I would say the biggest factor explaining the split among Democrats in Seattle this year could well turn out to be age.’