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Kyle Norris

Producer

About

Kyle Norris is a producer who contributes to KUOW’s daily show, SoundSide. He also reports for NPR’s arts and culture desk and “Life Kit” podcast.

Prior to working on SoundSide, he was an instructor at KUOW’s youth media program, RadioActive. There he taught audio journalism skills to teenagers who lacked access to journalism and arts programming in their communities.

Norris has worked in public radio for 20 years as a host, producer, and reporter. He got his start in broadcasting at Michigan Public (formerly Michigan Radio), where he worked for eight years as an on-air host and arts and culture reporter.

Stories

  • caption: Meredith Li-Vollmer stands in front of one of the comics she created for the King County health department.

    A comic-book approach to public health. King County's winning formula

    When Meredith Li-Vollmer started working for King County's health department almost 20 years ago, the department was putting out a variety of public health information — making brochures and fliers, designing newspaper inserts, presenting information on its webpage, and showing slides during community presentations. Li-Vollmer saw an opportunity to reach more people by making the county’s health information more entertaining and fun — as comic books.

  • Thursday Art Walking 101

    Our city is home to a dozen art walks and counting, including the longest-running art walk in the nation. Local artist and arts administratorTommy Gregory talks about the Pioneer Square Art Walk, which happens on the first Thursday of each month, and the Capitol Hill Art Walk, which happens on the second Thursday of each month.
  • caption: A glassblower shapes their work at Seattle Glassblowing Studio.

    Mesmerized by glass? Tips to exploring Seattle's world-class glass art scene

    “Glass is mesmerizing,” says artist and KUOW project manager Hilary Lee. “It’s just kind of all around us, but then in a contemporary art form, it's really fun, and you can do lots of things with it.” Thankfully, Western Washington is a world-class region for glass arts — from glassblowing to kiln casting to neon.
  • caption: Participants in an improv class at Seattle's Taproot Theatre Company pretend to be in an orchestra.

    This Bellingham theater teaches improv to people with memory loss

    If you've ever taken an improv class, you know they make you do some goofy stuff, like communicate with sounds, not words, and play out all kinds of unique situations. At The Upfront Theatre in Bellingham, an improv class was created especially for students who have early stage memory loss.

  • 1960s politician Wing Luke was ahead of his time

    Wing Luke was born in 1925 in China. In 1962, he became the first person of color on Seattle’s City Council.  In his short time, he made lasting impacts to Seattle – many of which are still felt today.