Clare McGrane

Sr. producer at Seattle Eats and other @KUOW shows
she/her
avid rock climber — crochet-er — connoisseur of so-bad-it's-good movies — lover of the em dash

[Clare McGrane @claremcgrane]

Back at the bargaining table with my KUOW colleagues today! Fun fact: the cost of living in Seattle has gone up almost 20% since our last contract was signed. Minimum salaries for positions in our newsroom have gone up ... 0%.

[#SoundStoriesSoundWages @wemakekuow]

We’re baaack!
The @KUOW newsroom’s lonnng fight for a living wage continues.
And we are as fired up as ever to get our wealthy employer to pay us enough to live in the city we cover. 🧵
#WeMakeKUOW #SAGAFTRA

[#SoundStoriesSoundWages @wemakekuow]

Great idea! Your amazing staff totally agrees!
Now please tell your negotiating team to propose a living wage that enables your amazing #SAGAFTRA staff to keep living in Seattle.
#WeMakeKUOW #SoundStoriesSoundWages

[Clare McGrane @claremcgrane]

I learned so much from this interview!
But most important: Rain is coming. This week. My little PNW heart is sighing with relief.

[Seattle Weather Blog @KSeattleWeather]

Why is fall acting like summer? Check out my conversation with ⁦@RadioGirlMurphy⁩ on ⁦@KUOW⁩.

And thanks to ⁦@claremcgrane⁩ for packaging it all together! https://t.co/rGGXckTn0g

[Clare McGrane @claremcgrane]

The pandemic threw me off my reading game, but I'm finally hitting my stride again! With some motivation from #BookBingoNW2022

[Clare McGrane @claremcgrane]

@lizardengland Y axis guess: Mainstream popularity. Tetris, Minecraft and Tic-Tac-Toe are immensely widely known. The titles at the top of the Y axis are super niche Gamer's Games.

[Clare McGrane @claremcgrane]

@evergreenstone @seattletimes OMG!! Congrats Scott, very excited to hear what you do with a whole new beat. And welcome (back) to the Public Media circus🙃 🙃

[Vox Media Union @vox_union]

wow!!! one easy hack for preventing a strike, @voxmedia check it out

[Clare McGrane @claremcgrane]

HELL yes to this

[jazmine (jt) green @cmdjazmine]

what is “art-house” audio, what is “brutalist” audio, what is “pop” audio, what is “neo-romantic” audio? Gimme more than reviews and host worship 🫠 gimme analysis. That’s more care than a top ten list.

[Clare McGrane @claremcgrane]

@evergreenstone @marcarivers Have not seen Top Gun, do not want to see Top Gun, but now I'm having the urge to script a movie about Tom Cruise cyborgs replacing all men...

[Kat Tenbarge is on Bluesky @kattenbarge]

For people who have been studying the misinformation campaign around the Depp v Heard trial, this verdict is chilling. The success of Depp’s “redemption arc” narrative reveals a lot about our social media platforms and ourselves.

A thread of things I learned during Depp v Heard:

[Clare McGrane @claremcgrane]

What a huge loss for the podcast + media world, and a reminder that even the best journalism isn't safe from market forces... Fingers crossed In The Dark is able to keep doing their work.
https://t.co/IUDLK9pgdt

[Clare McGrane @claremcgrane]

@evergreenstone what fresh capitalist hell is this????

[Clare McGrane @claremcgrane]

@hannahlberg I forbid you giving any to Micah, his collection is getting absurt

[Clare McGrane @claremcgrane]

@evergreenstone There is *nothing* like the high of making my therapist laugh, it sticks with me for days

[Clare McGrane @claremcgrane]

@evergreenstone Glad you are taking care of yourself! Thank you for being so open about how hard reporting on the world can be. My creative writing degree is thrilled to know it may, one day, also see some use.

[Nadia Abuelezam, ScD @nabuelezam]

I am a high-achieving WOC in academic medicine. I am almost 9 months postpartum. I had my annual physical with my PCP today. I confided that I felt everything was a bit dull/sad lately. I asked for advice on who I could talk to to feel more like myself. Here's what happened (🧵):

[Clare McGrane @claremcgrane]

Now thinking about which of my headlines over the years would be most fun to have outside my apartment. There are no good options.

[Paige Cornwell @pgcornwell]

The massive apartment buildings (rent: $2500+) going up in the former Seattle Times parking lot (RIP) have Times headlines on each floor. If they use any of my stories’ headlines do you think they’ll give me free access to the pools/dog run/climbing wall/karaoke room?

[Clare McGrane @claremcgrane]

@KromanDavid CLASSIC. Good luck!!

[Clare McGrane @claremcgrane]

Listen to today's Seattle Now to follow along with me and @RadioGirlMurphy as we get schooled on trail construction (and hike 2 miles in the rain with our microphones)

[Clare McGrane @claremcgrane]

This story was so much fun (and a bit bittersweet) to make. Rattlesnake Ledge was one of my first hikes. I just found an old picture of me and my dad at the top, taken when I was ~ 8.
https://t.co/KVmo2nfyYM

[Clare McGrane @claremcgrane]

And after making this episode I will never look at a trail the same way! The amount of work that goes into making every hike safe, sustainable and gorgeous is stunning.