Lilly Ana Fowler
Social Justice ReporterLilly Ana Fowler reports on social justice issues for KNKX. Before joining KNKX, she worked for the online news organization Crosscut — a partner of KCTS 9, Seattle’s PBS station.
She's also worked as a producer with the national PBS show "Religion & Ethics Newsweekly" and a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Her stories have appeared in The Atlantic, Salon.com, Slate Magazine, Mother Jones, The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. She was born in Mexico, grew up in the border town of Nogales, and is fluent in Spanish.
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If you spot picket signs around the region, including at the social-media company Facebook, don’t be surprised. Starting Thursday, thousands of carpenters in Washington state are on strike. -
KNKX reporters Lilly Ana Fowler and Bellamy Pailthorp wrapped up a three-part series this week called HEATED, which looked at the people who died and why and how King and Pierce counties can be better prepared for future heat waves. They share their personal takeaways from the project with KNKX's Kevin Kniestedt.
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How do you prevent deadly heat events in urban areas? Leaders in Tacoma and King County and teams of volunteers are trying to increase the tree canopy and provide cooling shade while educating the public, tearing up asphalt and, in some cases, battling decades-old racism.
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This summer's record high temperatures caught the Northwest off guard. People died on the job and in their homes and on the streets. Expert after expert told KNKX people will continue to die from conditions like this unless cities plan a lot better for extreme heat.
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This summer, as a heat dome engulfed the Pacific Northwest, at least 138 people died in Washington state. KNKX sought to learn more about those who lost their lives, at least in part, because of the heat wave in those final days in June, which experts say would not have happened without climate change.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, must test detainees for COVID-19 before they are transferred from the southern border to the detention center in Tacoma, a federal judge ruled this week.
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Police, jail staff and other local law enforcement across Washington state continue to share information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or…
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Update: 5:10 p.m. Aug. 13Two Seattle police officers who participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection in Washington, D.C., have lost their jobs.Police Chief…
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Two directors won’t be returning to the prominent nonprofit organization Casa Latina in Seattle after the mishandling of sexual harassment complaints.…
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The Washington state Department of Corrections says it plans to lift social distancing requirements for religious ceremonies after complaints from Native…
