Sam Leeds

May 1, 2024 | kuow.org | Sam Leeds

For the last 14 years, Davida Wolf has been living at Seattle's WOW House. The blue storybook house's name stands for Wild Old Women. It's home to chickens named Big Red, Henny Penny, Goose and Pheasant — and three other women who, like Wolf, are over 60 and queer. WOW House is communal. In this arrangement, housemates share resources like food, skills like gardening, and domestic responsibilities.

May 1, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Sam Leeds

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May 1, 2024 | everand.com | Sam Leeds

For the last 14 years, Davida Wolf has been living at Seattle's WOW House. The blue storybook house's name stands for Wild Old Women. It's home to chickens named Big Red, Henny Penny, Goose and Pheasant — and three other women who, like Wolf, are over 60 and queer. WOW House is communal. In this arrangement, housemates share resources like food, skills like gardening, and domestic responsibilities.

Apr 8, 2024 | northwestreports.podbean.com | Sam Leeds |Sara Bernard |Elizabeth Whitman

The third episode of the investigative series co-produced with Crosscut focuses on one woman's experience with foster care and homelessness in WA. A few months ago, Crosscut collaborated with the nonprofit organization Youth Today to produce a three-part multimedia series on youth homelessness. Reporter Elizabeth Whitman and producer Sam Leeds investigated several pilot programs designed to support young people who’ve been involved in state systems such as foster care or juvenile justice.

Jan 3, 2024 | seattleschild.com | Elizabeth Whitman |Sam Leeds |Cheryl Murfin

One day in second grade, Janell Braxton’s teacher told her, unexpectedly, that her mom had come to pick her up for a dentist appointment. Janell, thrilled to avoid reading time, trotted off to the school office. But she did not see her mother. Instead, a social worker told Janell that the adults had lied about the dentist. She would move into foster care, which Janell’s young mind imagined as a form of jail. Why had this happened? she wondered. Because she hadn’t eaten her vegetables?