Katie Campbell
Online Editor/Reporter
About
Katie joined KUOW's online team as an editor and reporter in 2024, after serving three years as senior producer of the local Morning Edition program. She has covered a variety of local topics, including the Seattle City Council, elections, and breaking news. She also brings readers some levity with a weekly news quiz.
In 2024, Katie created the KUOW Book Club, featuring stories and authors from the Pacific Northwest. Katie picks monthly titles and provides analysis along the way. She ends each reading with an author interview, giving readers a look behind the scenes from some of the most talented writers in the region. Join the KUOW Book Club by signing up for our newsletter!
She is a graduate of the University of Florida College of Journalism, a P-Patch gardener, and an auntie.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Professional Affiliations: Union Steward, SAG-AFTRA
Podcasts
Stories
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Feminine rage takes center stage in the conclusion of Seattle mystery 'Elita'
The KUOW Book Club just finished reading Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum's novel "Elita." I'm your reading guide Katie Campbell, Lunstrum joined me at the KUOW studios recently to talk about her debut novel. Listen to our full conversation by hitting the play button above.
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Katie Wilson can barely afford to live in Seattle. That's why she wants to be mayor
Katie Wilson presents herself as a sensible coalition-builder who runs a small nonprofit and has lived the working-class life. A renter and a mother, she runs on issues close to her heart. She speaks the language of struggling people. But not included in the narrative Wilson tells on the campaign trail is how she affords this expensive city.
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The darkest thing about this Seattle thriller? Sexism
The KUOW Book Club is reading Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum's novel "Elita" this month. Here, Katie Campbell gets into the first half of the book.
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'We just want to celebrate stories.' Observing Banned Books Week with a Seattle bookseller
Seattle booksellers and librarians are helping people get their hands on banned books.
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A Banned Book of One's Own
This week we’re hitting the books with Charlie Hunts the owner of Charlie’s Queer Books. We’re catching up with this local bookselling bestie smack dab in the middle of banned books week. So, we’ll find out what readers at the store are vibing with and some chilling stakes for booksellers during Banned Books Week
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What's the KUOW Book Club reading in October?
The KUOW Book Club is reading "Elita" by Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum this month.
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Seattle author Daniel Tam-Claiborne on belonging, empathy in the time of Covid-19
This is the KUOW Book Club, and we just finished reading "Transplants" by Daniel Tam-Claiborne. I'm your reading guide Katie Campbell, and Tam-Claiborne joined me at the KUOW studios recently to talk about his debut novel.
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Bonus: Take a walk among old-growth trees with Lynda Mapes
Here's a bonus episode! KUOW Book Club read Seattle author and environmental journalist Lynda V. Mapes' love letter to old-growth trees, "The Trees are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests" and we taped it! Check out this conversation about old-growth forests, the people working to save them, and how you - yes, you - can help.
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The best arts, pop culture, and book events to attend in October
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Bonus: Kim Fu wants writers to get weird
This summer, the KUOW Book Club read Seattle author Kim Fu's surreal story collection, "Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century." On on July 30, Campbell sat down with Fu in front of a live audience at the Seattle Public Library.