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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This 'joy board' in Seattle's Wedgwood neighborhood has turned into a glorious art installation
The sound of laughter can be heard blocks away. Followed by an "oh" and perhaps "look at this one!" If you follow the sounds they will lead you to Alana Healy's home at a corner of Seattle's Wedgwood neighborhood. There, you will find the Joy Board.
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Seattle parks will close under order of Mayor Durkan
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced Thursday that the city will shut down public parks as Washington's stay-at-home order continues.
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Seattle researchers to study malaria drug treatment of coronavirus
A decades-old drug used primarily to treat malaria will be tested in Seattle and New York to see if it can be used to treat coronavirus.
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Pop culture vs pandemic: Interest in pandemic films rises with COVID-19
If you're like me, before COVID-19 evolved over the past few months the most you knew about the threat of viral outbreaks came from Hollywood. From zombies to aliens, the most pandemic information I got was from movies like "Pandemic."
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‘COVIDIOT’ and other ways the internet is coping with the COVID-19 pandemic
A new pandemic means new memes, heaps of misinformation, and entirely new slang terms, starting with "COVIDIOT." As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, it seems the internet has already begun reflecting the crisis -- for better or for worse.
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Sew say we all! How cosplayers are answering calls for face masks and more
Washington cosplayers have expanded their scope and are making everything from face masks to face shields for hospitals as they face the COVID-19 pandemic.
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'Cosplayers Unite!' Medical officials in Washington state solicit homemade face masks
As Washington faces a mounting COVID-19 crisis amid a shortage of medical supplies, new face masks for medical personnel are on their way — from cosplayers.
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Worried about a shelter-in-place order? Well, we're already doing it around Seattle anyway
Little by little, communities across Washington have shut down to combat the spread of COVID-19. With restaurants and bars boarded up, retailers closed, and grocery stores holding special hours for at-risk populations, some might suspect that the next order coming down from officials will be to shelter-in-place, forcing everyone to stay at home.
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Gun sales spike alongside COVID-19 concerns in Western Washington
Firearm sales in the region have sharply spiked, indicating that if there was a point in time when people began to get really nervous about the local COVID-19 outbreak, it could have been the start of March.
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What Gov. Jay Inslee told his own family about COVID-19
"Washington's governor has banned large gatherings of more than 250 people. But what about going to the store? The coffee shop or neighborhood pub? This is what he saying to his own family.