Gabriel Spitzer
Gabriel Spitzer is a former KNKX reporter, producer and host who worked on the weekly show Sound Effect.
Gabriel was previously KNKX's Science and Health Reporter. He joined KNKX in 2012 after covering science, health and the environment at WBEZ in Chicago. There, he created the award-winning mini-show, Clever Apes. He previously was a reporter and host for the Alaska Public Radio Network.
Gabriel received his Master's of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, and his degree in English at Cornell University. He’s been honored with the Kavli Science Journalism Prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and won awards from the Association of Health Care Journalists, the National Association of Black Journalists and Public Radio News Directors, Inc.
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This story originally aired on October 19, 2019.Grace Jo was 6 years old when her mom scooped up her and her older sister, and set out to cross the Tumen…
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As we move into the heart of our Pacific Northwest summer, families with children are facing a dilemma: what to do with kids, cooped up for months, and…
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The Seattle area is leading the way on controlling a viral epidemic, besides COVID-19. A new analysis of 39 cities shows the region’s health system has…
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One of the heartbreaking things about the past few weeks for Jourdan Imani Keith is how many of her poems, ones that touch on anguish, outrage and sadness…
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Toxic exposures to cleaning products are up sharply since the pandemic began, according to the Washington Poison Center.In the first half of the 2020,…
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This story originally aired on March 30, 2019.The American Blues is a genre born of suffering — of oppression, heartbreak and hard work. It originated in…
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Imagine getting out of prison after almost two decades, and being released into … this.That’s what was on Jennifer Tilford’s mind as she stood in the…
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic landed in Washington, the economic fallout has driven more than a million people in the state to apply for unemployment…
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A lot of us this year have gotten used to relying on computer models for projections of how many new COVID-19 cases we can expect, or when the economy…
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Crowds gathered Sunday for a major march in Seattle’s most racially diverse area. Protesters assembled at Othello Park in the city’s Rainier Beach…