Will James

Seattle journalist trying to understand many of the worst things

Podcasts:
Lost Patients ('24)
The Walk Home ('22)
Outsiders ('20)

Married to @sydbrownstone

[Will James @otherwilljames]

After slowly backing away from this website for a while, I'm no longer actively here.

Changes to how the site works, plus the quality of the dialog among those who remain active here, mean it's no longer useful to me.

Get in touch via the contact info on my website, in my bio.

[Will James @otherwilljames]

If you'll give me one last moment on my soapbox: I remain very worried about what years of existing on sites like this has done to us, societally and individually.

[Will James @otherwilljames]

After slowly backing away from this website for a while, I'm no longer actively here.

Changes to how the site works, plus the quality of the dialog among those who remain active here, mean it's no longer useful to me.

Get in touch via the contact info on my website, in my bio.

[Isabel Lara @isalara]

So great to see NPR-distributed station podcasts on Podtrac's Top 25 New Podcasts of 2024 (by average downloads per episode) - WFAE’s Landslide at #21 and KUOW’s Lost Patients at #24 https://t.co/AQ3dN5L2gd

[Will James @otherwilljames]

Somehow, amid a sea of blood-soaked schlock, our deeply-reported podcast about the mental health system is one of the most downloaded new shows of 2024.

Really proud of the whole team behind Lost Patients for showing what podcasts can still achieve.
https://t.co/GJd1SdrTiG

[Will James @otherwilljames]

It's been really rewarding to collaborate with @ReportingHealth these past few years.

Like I say in the video, the issues health journalists cover are some of the most complex and polarizing in our society, and it's important we have institutions for sharing acquired knowledge.

[USC Center for Health Journalism @ReportingHealth]

As a National Fellow, @otherwilljames took on a year-long reporting project on the rapid rise of homelessness amid economic upheaval in Olympia, WA. Produced with the Center’s support and mentorship, Will’s podcast “Outsiders” was named one of the best podcasts of 2020 by TIME.

[The Seattle Times @seattletimes]

"Lost Patients," a podcast by The Seattle Times and KUOW, is featured as one of Apple Podcasts' 10 "Shows We Love" for 2024. https://t.co/V3m9dUEjhY

[Isabel Lara @isalara]

Congratulations to the @throughlineNPR & @KUOW “Lost Patients” teams,
featured by applepodcasts as a Shows We Love pick for 2024!!!
Listen now on @ApplePodcasts Podcasts! 🎧

[Will James @otherwilljames]

Glad to be part of this video tribute to @ReportingHealth on its 20th anniversary.

Support from this center is what allowed me to make Outsiders in 2020, and steered my career in a new direction focused on serial podcasts and health journalism.

https://t.co/gmX0ZJjwd2

[Apple Podcasts @ApplePodcasts]

Our Spotlight pick dives deep into the world of mental healthcare, with detailed investigative reporting, gripping storytelling, and captivating interviews with patients, families, and advocates.

From @KUOW, @SeattleTimes & @NPR, this is Lost Patients.

https://t.co/E9Rto0fNdb

[Will James @otherwilljames]

Honored that @ApplePodcasts has picked Lost Patients for its "Spotlight" feature, which highlights different podcast creators each month.

Thrilled that more listeners will be able to discover this reporting: https://t.co/v8Yg3l72Ho

[Will James @otherwilljames]

I'm excited to share that this latest episode of @reveal is a collaboration with our podcast Lost Patients.

It's been an honor to collaborate with my buddy @Jib821, who produced this episode, to bring these stories to radio stations and podcast listeners across the country.

[Reveal @reveal]

Behind every person you see in psychosis on the streets, there is a story of institutional failure—a story that goes back at least half a century.

We partner with the podcast Lost Patients to find out why American psychiatric care breaks down. https://t.co/Gzv6t6PpZd

[Will James @otherwilljames]

More than four months (!) after our launch, Lost Patients is still one of the top documentary podcasts in the country.

If you haven't listened yet, hear the story of why so many people in psychosis are left to wander the streets of American cities.

[Will James @otherwilljames]

@seanrobinson1e4 I'm in shock. This is such a loss for journalism, for Tacoma, for everyone who had the pleasure of knowing Matt.

[Will James @otherwilljames]

@LillyAFowler @kexp @djeviestokes Whoa! Congratulations, Lilly!

[Will James @otherwilljames]

@block_m3 Thanks so much for listening, Brandon

[Frannyfanny @proud_penelope]

I have found Lost Patients (a @KUOW podcast) to be harrowing, balanced, and deeply moving. Each episode unfolds the story of a severely mentally ill person in the Seattle area who fell through society’s cracks.

Each episode is a (unfortunately) refreshing departure from the

[Will James @otherwilljames]

@nethornk Hello. The model @esmyjimenez talked about at the event is called Soteria.

Esmy also referenced this episode of @NPRinvisibilia:
https://t.co/QhEpm5RQlJ

[Will James @otherwilljames]

If you missed our Lost Patients live event last month, we've just dropped a recording into the podcast feed.

We reflected on the podcast, answered listener questions, and talked about solutions with people who have experienced psychosis and clinicians:
https://t.co/qGGWSO2p8q