Eilís O'Neill
Reporter
About
Eilís is a reporter covering health. She focuses on health inequities, substance use and addiction, infectious diseases, mental health, and reproductive and maternal health.
Eilís came to KUOW in 2016. Before that, she worked as a freelance reporter, first in South America, and then in New York City. Her work has aired on NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered, APM’s Marketplace, Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, and other programs.
Eilís' work as part of a team covering Covid-19 outbreaks and vaccine hesitation in Washington won a regional Murrow award, as did a series about children who lost parents to Covid-19. Her series about the opioid crisis on the Olympic Peninsula won several regional Society for Professional Journalists awards as well as a national Public Media Journalists Association award.
Eilís grew up in Seattle and was a high school intern at KUOW, in the program that later became RadioActive. She has a Master's in Science, Health, and Environment Reporting from Columbia University. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, Spanish
Pronouns: she/her
Stories
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He's been shot at, his fish stolen. All because he exercises his tribal treaty rights in Skagit Valley
Scott Schuyler says he’s been shot at, his tires slashed, his fish stolen. He’s gotten death threats on social media.
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New plan for endangered Washington bird doesn't make anyone happy
Washington state has a new conservation plan for marbled murrelets, an endangered seabird. But both environmental advocates and the timber industry are upset about it.
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Leschi Elementary in Seattle closes after massive norovirus outbreak
Leschi Elementary School was closed Friday after a norovirus outbreak that left more than 100 students and staff members sick.
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Tribe looks to bring back oyster farming to Dungeness Spit
The Dungeness Spit, a few miles northwest of Sequim, could soon get some controversial neighbors: 80,000 bags of oysters.
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Hopes abound for early ski season
With snow in the forecast for higher elevations, skiers are hopeful the season could start soon.
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Landlords must rent first-come, first-served, Washington state high court says
On Thursday, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Seattle law that requires landlords to rent on a first-come, first-served basis. It’s called the “first-in-time” rule.
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Snoqualmie Tribe buys land around Snoqualmie Falls for $125M
The Snoqualmie Tribe has purchased Snoqualmie Falls and the surrounding land and nearby hotel for $125 million.
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Flavored vaping banned for four months in Washington state
The Wash. state Board of Health voted Wednesday afternoon to temporarily ban flavored vaping products, including flavored THC. The decision comes after more than a thousand people have come down with a vaping-related lung illness.
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Washington state bans flavored vaping products
“Shame, shame, shame,” came the chant from dozens and dozens of protesters at the state Health Board’s meeting Wednesday in SeaTac.
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How to rid the woods of racism
For many people, getting outside can be a chance to relax and unwind. For people of color, it can also mean having to deal with racism. People of color and their allies gathered outside Seattle last weekend at a festival aimed at changing that.