Jim Gates
Senior Editor
About
As Senior Editor Jim edits feature pieces and helps guide staff reporters through their stories. Jim has helped to oversee and develop the investigative reporting efforts of KUOW with the mission to provide in-depth coverage of issues that affect Washington and the Puget Sound Region.
Jim developed KUOW’s story telling project Local Wonder where listeners ask questions about their community and then vote on the stories that they want KUOW reporters to cover.
Prior to coming to KUOW, Jim worked as an editor on such national shows as Day to Day and Marketplace. Jim helped develop and launch Weekend America where he directed the live broadcast and edited feature stories. He started his public radio career as a volunteer at NPR member station KPCC in Los Angeles. Jim kept showing up at the station and eventually they actually started paying him. Jim moved to national programming when he joined the staff of The Savvy Traveler as producer of the interview and listener segments. It was on The Savvy Traveler that Jim first began editing and reporting.
Jim has won numerous awards for his editing work including the Society of Professional Journalist Sigma Delta Chi Awards for Public Service in Radio Journalism for an investigative series about workplace safety (co-winner) and for Investigative Reporting (co-winner) about a failed oil spill test. Jim has also been awarded First Place Beat Reporting (co-winner) from the Education Writers Association and Third Place for Health Policy stories from the Association of Healthcare Professionals (co-winner) for a collaboration with The Seattle Times. The series investigated health issues facing American soldiers as a result of wearing heavy gear loads into battle.
To see more of Jim's past KUOW work, visit our archive site.
Podcasts
Stories
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The Wild with Chris Morgan
Sounds from the wild...frogs, elk, and snowmelt
A few moments of reflection during these stressful times with the help of meditative sounds from nature.
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The Wild with Chris Morgan
Escape to the sounds of nature
We take a break from these stressful times and immerse ourselves in the sounds of the natural world, free of human beings and their noise.
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The Wild with Chris Morgan
The Great British Birding Show
Join Chris Morgan as he travels the English countryside with Twitcher Lee Evans.
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The Wild with Chris Morgan
Owls: Nature’s Hunting Machine
If you want to find an owl, first you need to find some voles.
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The Wild with Chris Morgan
The Secret Lives of Trees
I dial into the wood wide web to understand how trees communicate.
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The Wild with Chris Morgan
KUOW's THE WILD with Chris Morgan returns in February
Ecologist and award-winning filmmaker Chris Morgan kicks off season 2 with more adventures in the wild.
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The Wild with Chris Morgan
Waiting for Penguins
Wildlife filmmakers Jeff Wilson and Mark Smith spill on what life is like among the “super over-caffeinated” Adelie penguins.
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The Wild with Chris Morgan
A harsh life among 'super over-caffeinated' penguins
I talk with two filmmakers who got up close and personal with Antarctic penguins.
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This woman was among the first to swim in West Seattle's Colman Pool
Jean Carroll got the call on July 3, 1941.
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Why a Seattle commuter burst into song on a crowded bus
Bill Radke talks with senior editor Jim Gates about a surprising occurrence during his morning commute: a bus rider burst into song on a packed C-Line...