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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It's Increasingly Taboo To Boat Under The Influence In Seattle
Seattle Police Officer Mark Mulvanny remembers a time about 10 years ago when he spotted a drunk boater. He was patrolling Lake Union when he saw the...
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How Mount Rainier Helped This Woman Overcome Addiction
Jeannie Yandel talks with Dawn Brown, a participant in Seattle Union Gospel Mission's program that takes a team of homeless people who are also...
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Pioneer Square Could Look Like Nepal When The Big One Hits
Most of us in Seattle aren't ready for The Big One. Eric Holdeman, former director of the King County Office of Emergency Management, said we shouldn’t...
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Who Should Lead The University of Washington?
Jeannie Yandel talks to Jack Stripling, a reporter for the Chronicle of Higher Education, about the University of Washington's search for a new president.
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Washington State's History With The Confederate Flag
Ross Reynolds talked with Crosscut's Knute Berger about the Northwest's long and surprising history with the Confederate flag and other symbols of the...
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'It's About Changing Culture': LGBT Commissioner On Creating True Equity In Seattle
The Supreme Court ruling effectively legalizing same sex marriage nationwide has been seen as a huge victory for the lesbian, gay and transgender...
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Russ Busch: Salmon Defender, Elwha Tribe Adoptee, True Northwestener
Jeannie Yandel talks with Mark Titus, director of a new documentary called "The Breach," about the inspiration for the film, Russ Busch.
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Seattle's Minimum Wage Law Gets New Steward
Jeannie Yandel speaks with Dylan Orr, the new director of Seattle's Office of Labor Standards, about his experience working for the U.S. Department of...
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Ukrainian Conflict Stretches To Annual Russian Festival In Washington
Jeannie Yandel talks with Anastasia Podlazova, the founder of DroWa, an annual festival for the Russian-speaking community in Washington, about how the...
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'I Had To Fight To Be Black In Spokane': Alicia Walters On Rachel Dolezal
Jeannie Yandel speaks with Alicia Walters, director of the Oakland-based organization Echoing Ida, about how the story of Rachel Dolezal prompted her to...