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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Seattle Offers Help Before Rousting Car Campers Near Gas Works Park
Danny Fletcher lives in a motor home on North Northlake Way near Gas Works Park. He says he feels safer in that than he does sleeping in a shelter. “It...
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Seattle Boy Scouts React As Door Opens To Gay Leaders
Boy Scouts and their families in the Seattle area are celebrating this week’s national decision to allow gay scout leaders. But not all local troops...
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Seeking Firefighters To Watch Over King County's 'Highway Of Death'
From the top of a mountain in far northeastern King County, the surrounding communities look tiny, just a couple hundred rooftops on a strip of flat...
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Monfort's Lawyers Plead For Jury's Mercy
Closing arguments continue Thursday in the penalty phase of the trial of Christopher Monfort. Monfort ambushed two Seattle police officers in 2009,...
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Seattle Campaign Yard Sign Thieves, Beware: You Might Be On Camera
Seattle’s primary election is just weeks away, and campaign signs are sprouting in people’s yards. With so much at stake in this election, you can bet...
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Reinvent Yourself In Seattle's District 4 (AKA Northeast Seattle)
You’d think the University District would be thriving. It’s right next to the University of Washington, an institution that takes in around $250 million...
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Could Ping Pong And Foosball Revive Downtown Seattle?
Westlake Park in downtown Seattle has a lot going on. Besides the café tables, the foosball tables and the park rangers, you’ll find free classes almost...
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Go North, Seattle: City Council District 5 Offers Room To Grow
North Seattle used to be a place where you could just spread out. People came up north after the great fire of 1889 to escape the crowded tinderbox of...
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Central Seattle: Rent, Crime Top Concerns in District 3
On a map of Seattle's new City Council District 3, one street stands out. That thoroughfare slashes diagonally through the street grid like a samurai...
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West Seattle, District 1: Pride, Parking And Some Insecurity
People in West Seattle often complain that no one comes to visit. They say this with some disbelief, because as far as they’re concerned, they live in...