Gabrielle Healy

New York

Senior Producer at KUOW-FM (Seattle, WA)

sr. producer, @kuow | formerly: digital editor with @1a and @nhpr, producer w @hereandnow seattle | brooklyn | fairhaven, MA

Articles

Iranian Americans wonder “what is the end game” for war in Iran

1 week ago | m.kuow.org | Libby Denkmann |Hans Anderson |Sarah Leibovitz |Gabrielle Healy

Israel and Iran continue to trade missile and drone attacks as the war stretches into its fifth day. This conflict started last week with Israeli airstrikes that targeted top military commanders and nuclear facilities in Iran. Here in the Seattle area, members of the Iranian diaspora are experiencing a familiar anxiety: Trying to keep tabs on friends and family during a bloody conflict.
Washington State, SNAP benefits and the 'Big, Beautiful Bill'

2 weeks ago | m.kuow.org | Libby Denkmann |Gabrielle Healy

Lawmakers in D.C. are still working on President Trump's big beautiful bill. That's the budget reconciliation measure focused on extending his first term tax cuts, boosting defense spending and immigration enforcement and cutting some spending. Should it become law, it's expected to cut into benefits for millions of Americans – specifically, federal food assistance programs. It's expected to slice hundreds of billions from SNAP, or food stamps.
How the black market is cashing in on the state's inability to track weed "from seed to sale."

3 weeks ago | m.kuow.org | Gabrielle Healy |Gabriel Spitzer |Jason Burrows

When Washington state legalized marijuana back in 2012, one of the big goals was to displace the black market, bring weed out of the shadows, and take the power away from dealers and traffickers. But more than a decade later, the ILLEGAL weed industry is still thriving in Washington, and that’s taking a toll on LEGAL cannabis businesses. Meanwhile, the SYSTEM for keeping track of legally produced weed is broken.
Amid federal cuts, here's why UW's lab animals could be euthanized

1 month ago | m.kuow.org | Libby Denkmann |Gabrielle Healy

The Trump administration's federal cuts have put billions of dollars for scientific research and thousands of research jobs at risk. They could also be imperiling laboratory animals. Scientists around the country are concerned that funding cuts could mean prematurely ending research involving mice, dogs, nonhuman primates, and more. Like many others, the University of Washington is a research institution that relies on animal subjects for its studies.
What we know about the science of consciousness

1 month ago | m.kuow.org | Libby Denkmann |Gabrielle Healy

New research has brought us a little closer to answering a key question about consciousness: How does the brain create the experience of self-awareness? The problem was first posed by Aristotle, over 2000 years ago. KUOW editor and longtime science journalist Gabriel Spitzer tells us more about that research and the Seattle scientist at the center of it.
How the Department of Education came into existence

Feb 6, 2025 | opb.org | Gabrielle Healy |Robin Young

The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)President Trump is reportedly preparing to shrink or potentially dismantle the Department of Education through executive action. Abolishing the Department of Education was part of Project 2025, the blueprint for a Trump presidency from the conservative Heritage Foundation. Dozens of department workers have already been placed on administrative leave, according to NPR’s reporting.
In the studio with artist Samia Halaby: Why she says painting 'isn't about her feelings'

Jun 7, 2024 | wbur.org | Deepa Fernandes |Gabrielle Healy

When I walked into artist Samia Halaby’s Manhattan studio, I was immediately greeted by art. Maybe that seems obvious, but I hadn’t been to a studio like hers — or met an artist like her — before. Halaby, 87, is an abstract painter, sculptor and activist. Her paintings are full of life, though not always easy to decipher on the first view. And as a Palestinian, she’s an outspoken activist and critic of Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza.
Sutherland, Flanagan, Sember Close Out World Athletics Championships

Aug 27, 2023 | mgoblue.com | Gabrielle Healy

Budapest, HUNGARY-- University of Michigan women's trackster Savannah Sutherland, and alumni Ben Flanagan and Cindy (Ofili) Sember closed out the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Sunday (Aug. 27). Representing Canada, Sutherland marked her first trip to the World Athletics Championships with a strong series of performances. She earned an automatic qualification to the 400-meter hurdle semifinals after taking fourth in the first round with a time of 55.85.
stuff i liked, volume seven

May 29, 2023 | gabriellehealy.substack.com | Gabrielle Healy