Dyer Oxley
Online Editor/Producer
About
Dyer Oxley joined KUOW as a web editor in 2020, handling day-to-day upkeep of the station’s website while providing editorial oversight. He also helms KUOW’s daily newsletter.
A newspaper reporter at heart, Dyer came to KUOW via various Seattle-area media — spanning talk radio, podcasts, and TV — where he covered the emerging opioid epidemic, transportation, local government, and the region's pop culture community (he argues the Northwest is one of the nerdiest places on the planet). You can count on him to keep up on the region’s many comic cons, science, and entertainment news.
Location: Pacific Northwest
Languages: English, Limited Klingon and Vulcan
Podcasts
Stories
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Olympia Police all booked up for guns-for-gift-cards event
It didn't take long for the Olympia Police Department to run out of gift cards to exchange for firearms, and its first guns for gift cards event hasn't even happened yet.
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What should we call Seattle's era of apartment architecture?: Today So Far
King County council member pushes back against cashless businesses. Should we get rid of design review boards? (Or ... How did Seattle go from gorgeous brick and wood buildings to our modern era of flat-puke apartments?) This post originally appeared in KUOW's Today So Far newsletter for January 23, 2023.
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Covid vaccines provide protection during pregnancy, study says
A new study out of UW Medicine states that getting Covid vaccines and booster shots provided great protection during pregnancy, even amid omicron spikes.
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2 observations around the trend of tech layoffs: Today So Far
Major tech companies are laying off tens of thousands of employees in the United States and beyond. A couple themes seem to keep coming up among these corporate announcements. Washington lawmakers are considering a wealth tax. It's not a capital gains tax, exactly, but it's in the same territory. This post originally appeared in KUOW's Today So Far newsletter for January 20, 2023.
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Sawant's plans beyond Seattle City Hall: Today So Far
Seattle Councilmember Sawant will not run for reelection. She plans to do this instead ... FBI has been concerned about neo-Nazis targeting the energy grid. There have been 15 such attacks on substations in the Northwest since last summer. This post originally appeared in KUOW's Today So Far newsletter for January 19, 2023.
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Seattle's Socialist Councilmember Sawant plans exit from city hall
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Inflation and Seattle's livability gap: Today So Far
Inflation is easing up across the USA, but it sure doesn't seem like it around Seattle. Microsoft is laying off 10,000 employees. Washington lawmakers consider bring up the minimum wage for incarcerated people. This post originally appeared in KUOW's Today So Far newsletter for January 18, 2023.
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Screaming Trees cofounder Van Conner passes away at 55
In a post on Facebook announcing that his brother had died Tuesday night, Gary Conner said that Van battled health issues over the past year, but said that, "It was pneumonia that got him in the end."
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Our 'network of mutuality': Today So Far
It is easy to quote a line from Martin Luther King Jr. But how often do we dig deeper into the context around these quotes? You'll find a common theme that we are all connected. Also, Sea-Tac Airport has become shelter to a number of unhoused people looking for a place to sleep.
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Hollingsworth aims for Sawant's District 3 in race for Seattle City Council