Joshua McNichols
Reporter
About
As KUOW's Growth and Development reporter and co-host of KUOW's Booming podcast, Joshua's "growing pains" beat sits at the nexus of housing, transportation, urban planning, government and the economy. His favorite stories also include themes of history, technology, and climate change.
Joshua holds a B.A. in Architecture from the University of Washington. Public Radio is his second career; architecture was his first. He is proud of the many odd jobs he's held in his life, such as salmon fisher, author, bike courier, and bed-and-breakfast cook.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: he/him
Professional Affiliations: The Society of Professional Journalists, Western Washington Chapter
Podcasts
Stories
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Move Seattle Levy Has Its Winners And Losers
It’s a sunny afternoon on Aurora Avenue North, at the far northern edge of the city. A RapidRide bus pulls up and drops off a couple of guys in...
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Can Levy Buy Enough Tech To Move Seattle Traffic?
It’s rush hour on Mercer Street, in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. Tech workers are getting off work. Lauren Wheeler and Sande Ditt just...
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'Smell Of Money' Polluted This South Seattle Neighborhood
Tugboat captain Dave Stauffer used to reek of diesel. “It’s just the smell of a boat,” Stauffer says. “Just like standing by a fire, you’re going to get...
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Seattle Is Hungry For Your Data But Trying To Cut Back
Somewhere in an office tower in downtown Seattle is a floor filled with data servers. Some of that data is about you. You might show up in a traffic...
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A Place For Homeless To Bathe And Wash Clothes In Ballard
Mark Trimmer is happy: He’s finally got someplace to wash himself besides the Ballard Library. That place is the new Urban Rest Stop, opening this month...
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Aurora Bridge Crash: International Students Far From Family, But Not Alone
Seattle-area community college students are planning a vigil this week to remember the five international students who lost their lives on the Aurora...
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4 Students Dead: What Went Wrong In Aurora Bridge Crash?
They came to Seattle from around the world: Austria, China, Indonesia and Japan. They died on the Aurora Bridge on Thursday. They were mourned at North...
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North Seattle College Students React To Bridge Crash
Monday will be the first day of school for North Seattle College. The students in the international program will have a lot more than school on their...
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4 Dead, Dozens Hurt In Bus Crash On Seattle's Aurora Bridge
UPDATE, 3;10 p.m.: A duck amphibious tour vehicle swerved into a charter bus carrying international students on the Aurora Bridge Thursday. At least four people died and dozens were injured, emergency officials said.
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Demonstrators Serenade President Xi's Hotel Window With Chants
Protesters have been trying to get so close to Chinese President Xi Jinping in Seattle that he can hear their chants. But they’re having a hard time.