Liz Brazile
Online Managing Editor
About
Liz has been KUOW's Online Managing Editor since 2024. She oversees the station's digital news coverage and editorial strategy.
Liz came to KUOW in 2020 as an Online Editor/Producer and was promoted to Deputy Online Managing Editor in 2022. Prior to that, Liz worked at Cascade PBS, YES! Magazine, WLWT-TV, and The Cincinnati Herald.
In 2025, Liz completed ProPublica's rigorous Investigative Editor Training Program. She currently serves on the board of the Seattle Association of Black Journalists as the chapter's Vice President of Digital Content.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English and conversational Spanish
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Professional Affiliations: Seattle Association of Black Journalists; National Association of Black Journalists; Investigative Reporters and Editors; and Ida B. Wells Society
Stories
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Washington, Oregon sue to block Trump's executive order overhauling elections
The lawsuit targets a sweeping executive order that requires documentary proof of U.S. citizenship as a condition of registering to vote, and restricts vote-by-mail states from counting ballots postmarked by Election Day but received thereafter.
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Seattle police officer fired 2 years after striking, killing Jaahnavi Kandula with cruiser
The Seattle officer who struck and killed 23-year-old grad student Jaahnavi Kandula with his police cruiser two years ago has been fired.
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Auburn cop convicted of murder won’t get new trial, judge rules
A Seattle-area cop found guilty of murder won't get a retrial, a King County Superior Court judge ruled on Friday. Auburn police officer Jeffrey Nelson, 46, was convicted in June of second-degree murder and first-degree assault in the 2019 killing of 26-year-old Jesse Sarey.
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Fatal stabbing of King County Metro bus driver highlights Seattle transit safety concerns
The stabbing death of 59-year-old Shawn Yim on Wednesday marks the first killing of a King County Metro bus driver on the job in 26 years. Bus operator union leaders say the stabbing is part of a larger pattern of violence toward transit drivers and passengers.
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On the count of 3...Go! Rapper Common surprises fans with dance solo at Seattle breaking competition
Amid his performance of "Universal Mind Control," which samples the 1982 electro hit "Planet Rock" — widely considered an old-school breakdance anthem — Common surprised fans when he erupted into an impromptu breakdance number of his own.
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Seattle's breakdance scene is center stage again — but don't call it a comeback
B-boys and b-girls from around the world — and Seattle’s own backyard — took the stage at WAMU Theater Saturday night for the Red Bull Lords of the Floor breakdance competition, back for the first time since 2002.
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No charges for SPD officer who struck and killed Jaahnavi Kandula
The Seattle police officer who struck and killed a 23-year-old pedestrian while speeding en route to a 911 call last year won't face criminal prosecution.
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Rapper Common talks 50 years of hip-hop and hopes for the industry’s future
Common is an Academy Award, Grammy, and Emmy award winning artist. The Chicago born emcee is a true hip hop icon with an award-winning career that spans decades. KUOW's Mike Davis caught up with Common ahead of his performance at Benaroya Hall on Monday, Sept. 18.
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Seattle is rainy with unrelenting hills. How did it become a biking city?
Bike culture is as deeply ingrained in Seattle’s identity as coffee and Birkenstocks. But with our rainy weather and hilly terrain, Seattle — at least on paper — should’ve never become the biking haven that it is today. That’s the unlikely history that Tom Fucoloro, founder of the Seattle Bike Blog and author of “Biking Uphill in the Rain: The Story of Seattle from Behind the Handlebars," set out to explore.
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How a hug and a prayer took over Spokane’s mayoral race
Spokane’s mayoral office is technically non-partisan. But controversy surrounding an embrace shared between Mayor Nadine Woodward and disgraced former state Rep. Matt Shea underscores how politics are anything but missing from the race.