Kate Walters
Reporter
About
Kate is a reporter at KUOW covering the homelessness crisis and related issues.
Originally from Australia, Kate studied journalism at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology before coming to work in public radio.
Kate began her career as a reporter with WXXI Public Radio in Rochester, NY, where she worked as part of a Local Journalism Center called the Innovation Trail.
At KUOW, she started as a producer on The Record before joining the news desk.
Stories
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KUOW Newsroom
How well do you know Washington’s mask rules?
KUOW's Kate Walters flips the script on local Morning Edition host Angela King and quizzes her about what the state's rules are - at least for now.
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KUOW Newsroom
Photos: Baby Zoli's joyful birth as a family reels from Covid tragedies
Right before the pandemic hit, Christina and LaTriece Arthur became pregnant with their first child.
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Washington reopens, but does 'full-capacity' mean business as usual?
Set your watches. At 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, June 30, Washington state will officially reopen. So what does that mean? For many, it’s a major mental milestone after such a long period of restrictions, lockdowns, sacrifice, and loss during the pandemic.
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KUOW Newsroom
Photos: Birthing and parenting in the pandemic
Hope and Jake
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KUOW Newsroom
If 140,000 more people get vaccinated, Washington state could reopen early
‘It's not over until it truly is over, and we are really concerned that folks are going to think that we're at 70%, and therefore you don't have to worry about anything.’
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Here's what heading back to the office might look like
After roughly a year of working from home, Michael Stephens’ first day back in her office felt like the first day of junior high. “There’s a super nervous energy in terms of what to expect, but also kind of a dread,” Stephens said. She woke early, didn’t drink much coffee because she was already amped up, and chose music that made her feel happy and comforted on her drive in.
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KUOW Newsroom
King County braces for reopening rollbacks despite vaccination progress
Washington state is in a fourth wave of Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations. For King County and other counties around the state, that is likely to result in a return of tighter restrictions.
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KUOW Newsroom
Pandemic is 'substantial, but holding steady' in King County
‘One of our big limiting factors in the state is supply. It's still not meeting demand, and it's actually gone down.’
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The big question about Covid vaccines that this UW study aims to answer
Available Covid-19 vaccines appear highly effective in preventing serious illness and death. What isn’t known for sure is to what degree vaccinated people can still get a mild or asymptomatic case, and how likely they are to then spread that infection to others.
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KUOW Newsroom
Homelessness went up in the U.S. last year, and in Washington state
‘People are very resourceful, but when you've got that many more people at risk, even with lots of assistance, it's going to be difficult to not have an increase in homelessness.’