Allie Ferguson
Sound Effect ProducerSound Effect producer Allie Ferguson has been making radio for nearly 5 years. She got her start at KUOW and has since traveled the country working for national news shows including WNYC's The Takeaway and NPR's Weekend All Things Considered. Allie won a 2016 Gracie Award, which celebrates women in media, for her work at KUOW. She enjoys telling surprising stories about passionate people.
Allie got a degree in international relations at the University of Washington, where she had the opportunity to study in Senegal and Sierra Leone. She claims both Montana and California as her home states, but enjoys anywhere with easy access to mountains and water.
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This story originally aired February 4, 2017. At age 13, Kristi Brown knew she would be a chef, but she remembers planning multi-course meals by the time… -
This segment originally aired March 4, 2017.Seated in a bucket, ears plugged, grinning through the cascade of green, oozy chaos, fourth-grade Lizzie… -
This segment originally aired February 18, 2017. Alex Ashley, a journalist and musician from Bellingham, Washington, has known his friend, Kit Knowles,… -
This story originally aired on January 21, 2017.One big way to flip the script is to mess with the traditional parent-child dynamic. For many, it can seem… -
Almost every night in the winter, there are hundreds of farmers at work along the Washington coast. The lights of their head lamps are just barely visible… -
KNKX general manager Joey Cohn has a special place in his heart for one KNKX employee: Winston. Despite Winston's surly attitude and manipulative… -
Editor’s Note: The following essay contains adult language that may not be suitable for all audiences. Many odd couples start off innocently enough — the… -
Deep down on the sea floor off the coast of Alaska, about a dozen underwater microphones sit, anchored down by big heavy wheels from old trains. They sit… -
At the turn of the 20th century, trolleys were just beginning to transform cities across the country. At the same, one Oregon woman figured out a way to… -
There are lots occasions when bending the truth is something we want to happen. This is what more than 60,000 people do every summer in the Nevada desert…
