Emil Moffatt
All Things Considered Host and ReporterEmil Moffatt joined KNKX in October 2022 as All Things Considered host/reporter. He came to the Puget Sound area from Atlanta where he covered the state legislature, the 2021 World Series and most recently, business and technology as a reporter for WABE. Contact him at emoffatt@knkx.org.
Emil has also worked for NPR member stations in Kentucky and Nashville after beginning his radio news career in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Right after college, he worked in sports broadcasting, calling play-by-play for minor league baseball games and as a studio producer for the Dallas Stars.
In his free time, Emil enjoys photography, live music, running and spending time in bookstores and coffee shops. He has a border collie lab named Valta.
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The Buffalo Soldiers Museum in Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood is one of only two such institutions in the country specifically dedicated to honoring Black service members.
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Blaire Penry, a teacher at Auburn Online, was awarded 2024 Washington Teacher of the Year honors. Penry talks to KNKX about making an online classroom successful, teaching self-advocacy, and how students "absolutely" give her hope.
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A community group faces a key fundraising deadline in its effort to preserve a century-old school building in the Parkland area, just outside Tacoma.
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Longtime writer and Chinatown International District community organizer Ron Chew says anti-Asian sentiment has been on the rise. He also says he’s disturbed by a lack of engagement and investment by the city.
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On Monday, jury selection begins in the long-anticipated trial in the killing of Manny Ellis, more than three and a half years after his death while in police custody. KNKX's Jared Brown will be covering the trial and provides a preview of what's ahead.
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Author Tom Fucoloro discusses “Biking Uphill in the Rain: The story of Seattle from Behind Handlebars” which spans the history of cycling in Seattle from present day all the way back to the late 1800s.
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While mass timber construction has become more prevelant in parts of Europe and British Columbia, it has been slower to take root in the U.S.
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Vice President Kamala Harris touched down in Seattle Tuesday for a brief visit. She spoke at a manufacturing firm in Seattle and attended a fundraiser in the wealthy enclave of Medina, Wash.
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'Campfire Stories Volume II' is a collection of tales from national parks and scenic trails as told from the perspective of writers from underrepresented communities.
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Hit hard by the pandemic, Pioneer Square is expected to get a boost from baseball's All-Star Game, taking place next door at T-Mobile Park Tuesday, July 11.