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Kim Malcolm

Afternoon News Host

About

Kim is the local news host of KUOW's All Things Considered, airing from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. weekdays. Kim covers breaking and developing daily news, both local and regional, as part of NPR's afternoon drive time programming. She has covered the arts, municipal government, politics, and misinformation as part of KUOW's Stand with the Facts live event series, in partnership with the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public. She really enjoys election night coverage, in spite of herself. Kim started out in broadcast journalism in Calgary at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, before working at NPR member station KERA in Dallas and then KUOW. Kim spends most winters waiting for baseball season to start.

Location: Seattle and the Eastside

Languages: English

Pronouns: she/her

Stories

  • caption: Third-generation Arlington farmer Andrew Albert is portrayed in this file photo.

    Washington farmers feel the pain of Iran war

    The ongoing Iran War is affecting consumers at the gas pump. But for farmers, it’s not just the price of fuel, but fertilizer, too. And that could affect what we all pay at the grocery store.

  • caption: Washington State Archives photo of Budd Inlet capture on March 7, 1976.

    Reflecting on the legacy of the last orca capture in Washington state, 50 years later

    Many of the orcas captured and sent to marine theme parks in the 1960s and 1970s came from the Pacific Northwest. An incident 50 years ago this month changed that. A staffer in then-Washington Gov. Dan Evans’ office witnessed a crew hired by SeaWorld chasing a pod of orcas into a shallow bay. A court case ensued, and within two weeks, SeaWorld agreed to end captures in Washington state.

  • caption: Signs warn skiers and snowboarders to watch for rocks and tree tops on Jan. 31, 2026, at the top of Pacific Crest chairlift at The Summit at Snoqualmie ski resort in Washington state.

    From dry January to March madness: Seattle's worst ski season in years

    While the calendar says spring is near, it’s finally the peak of snow season in Western Washington. Mercifully for skiers and snowboarders, Seattle’s nearest ski resorts are now running most of their lifts. But this milestone should have happened months ago.

  • caption: Microsoft's Bill Gates attends a dinner with President Donald Trump in the State Dining Room of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington.

    Bill Gates does damage control at his foundation, apologizing to staff for Epstein ties

    Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates' ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been public knowledge for several years. But this week, Gates took the additional step of apologizing for those ties to the staff of the Gates Foundation here in Seattle. The foundation is one of the wealthiest in the world with an estimated annual budget of $9 billion. Wall Street Journal reporter Emily Glazer told KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about the meeting.

  • Olympics

    As Winter Olympics fever spreads, an update on athletes with PNW ties

    We’re one week into the Winter Olympics at Milano Cortina. To help focus on Pacific Northwest athletes participating this year, we looked around the station for the person who seemed the most hyped up about the games. And the winner is KUOW host, newscaster, reporter, and diehard sports fan Paige Browning. She talked to ATC host Kim Malcolm about the games so far.

  • caption: A Seattle Seahawks helmet is seen during an NFL Super Bowl football practice on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, in San Jose, Calif., ahead of Super Bowl 60 between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks.

    Seahawks primed for Super Bowl grudge match with Patriots

    The Seattle Seahawks will return to the Super Bowl this Sunday to take on the New England Patriots. The last time the Seahawks made it to the league championship game was 2015, when they lost in the final minutes to the Tom Brady-led Pats. For a look ahead to the big game, KUOW’s Kim Malcolm talked to Jerry Brewer, who writes about sports for The Athletic.