Jeannie Yandel
Special Projects Editor
About
Jeannie Yandel is a special projects editor focusing on podcasts and broadcast shows. She created and co-hosted the KUOW podcast Battle Tactics For Your Sexist Workplace and ran and edited KUOW's podcast about local curiosity, SoundQs. She also co-created and co-hosted KUOW's YouTube interview series, Are We Going To Be OK?. Previously, she was senior producer for The Conversation and KUOW Presents, and was Executive Producer for The Record. She's won awards for her interviewing, editing, and reporting.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Stories
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Our first female governor was a lot like Donald Trump
Dixy Lee Ray wore white knee-high socks and men's shirts. And when she ran for governor of Washington state, her motto was "Little lady takes on big...
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Her fiancé shot her in the face but she still has a voice
Kenneth Fiaui had always been jealous of his girlfriend. He was even jealous of her 4-month-old cat. On the night he shot her, Courtney Weaver was...
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A slave mother's love in 56 carefully stitched words
For about $300, a 9-year-old girl named Ashley was sold as a slave. Her mother, Rose, remained a house slave at a mansion in South Carolina.
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When you disenroll members of your tribe, are you empowered or just more conquered?
"Brother, brother, I need your help." That was the first thing Gabe Galanda heard when he picked up his phone four years ago. The women on the other end...
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The Washington musicians who used technology to change music
Jeannie Yandel talks to KUOW's Amanda Wilde about three local musicians from the 20th century who changed their industry through technology and innovation.
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How county jails became de facto mental health institutions
Jeannie Yandel speaks with Seattle P-I reporter Levi Pulkkinen about his story that looked into the treatment of mentally ill inmates in Washington...
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U.S. and Canada move to ban drilling in Arctic waters
Jeannie Yandel speaks with Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer about a move by President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to...
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Men can call other men mansplainers, and other tips for sexist workplaces
Jeannie Yandel talks with Jessica Bennett, author of "Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual For A Sexist Workplace," about dealing with sexism...
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Is it time to kill the Electoral College?
Jeannie Yandel speaks with Kirby Wilbur and John Nichols about whether or not the Electoral College should be abolished. Wilbur is the former chair of...
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One woman's vision to improve treatment for terminally ill children in Seattle
Jeannie Yandel speaks with Suzanne Gwynn about her idea to create the Ladybug House . Gwynn has been a nurse for 33 years, w orking mostly with children...