r/Bremerton • u/engage_alex • 4d ago
What do you need from local news?
Hi there, I'm Alex Rochester, KUOW's Digital Community Engagement Producer. My job is to talk with the KUOW audience and Puget Sound region residents about their local news needs.
Our midday broadcast show and podcast Soundside is a newsmagazine radio show that keeps you up to date on local issues and then dives deep to build understanding. The team are currently asking listeners and non-listeners for their hopes, dreams and constructive critiques of the show. Anyone who cares about local news is welcome to participate!
Please fill in this survey or share your answers to the following questions in the comments.
If you're a listener, what do you want more or less of in the show?
If you're not a listener, what would it have to feature to feel worth your time?
Do you want more stories that focus on politics, community-solutions, outside of Seattle, arts & culture, and/or panel discussions with multiple perspectives? Do you want less of something?
The team asked for listeners to weigh in because they take feedback very seriously, so the more detailed your thoughts the more it will help them understand how best to serve the public with the news they need.
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u/Cowlitzking 4d ago
Cover how the Washington state ferries system hates Bremerton. How shitty traffic is through Gorst, which by the way will be closed for 2 weeks. Also cover how shitty trump is, whether it’s his slush fund, ufc fight on the lawn, our reflecting pool, raping people, farm bill, Iran, oh and almost forgot how he is a pedo.
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u/CollapsedContext 3d ago
Hard agree with your first points, but have to point out that NRP and KUOW do already cover Trump’s shittiness!
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u/Creative_Mud_9373 4d ago
NO paywalls. free access to articles.
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u/JSlngal69 4d ago
Do you demand free burgers from McDonalds too?
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u/Creative_Mud_9373 4d ago
hih?
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u/JSlngal69 4d ago
NO paywalls. free access to articles.
How do you think news is created? It requires people working jobs that they're paid for. The money to pay them has to come from somewhere.
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u/CollapsedContext 3d ago
KUOW doesn’t have paywalls! Are you thinking of Kitsap Sun? They have an aggressive paywall while having gotten rid of most of their reporters and have tons of advertorials so there is a point there about not paying them, but in general journalism is vital and worth supporting!
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u/PhaedrusNS2 4d ago
Sound side is very Seattle focused which has nothing to do with us over here
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u/Short-Equivalent5753 4d ago
Bremerton and Seattle have a lot in common!
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u/PhaedrusNS2 3d ago
Like what?
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u/Short-Equivalent5753 3d ago
We’re interdependent in a way. We share a waterway. Bremertonians are part of Seattle’s workforce. We go to Seattle for medical and sports. We are patrons of shops, bars, and restaurants. We’re both firmly Democrat. Culturally and politically we’re similar.
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u/PhaedrusNS2 2d ago
I know there are a lot of people who live in Kitsap and work in Seattle. I don't know anyone who does that. Culturally we seem a lot different than Seattle. Bremerton is more blue collar with the shipyard being the biggest employer. Bremerton consistently votes Democrat, but is far closer to purple than Seattles deep blue. The waterway that separates us feels vast even if it is only about 10 miles.
The biggest difference between Bremerton and Seattle is that everyone I know here kinda hates Seattle and wouldn't like being called similar.
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u/Short-Equivalent5753 1d ago
I lived in Seattle for many years and now live here. I don’t see a big difference personally. Bremerton is more blue collar for sure, like parts of Seattle and like old Ballard was. I’m just not feeling a huge divide in culture myself. I love both cities. Maybe over here people aren’t as segregated by white collar versus blue? Edit: adding that Bremerton demographics could also be shifting as more people move here from Seattle.
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u/Wednezday-Addams 4d ago
Local fraud would be great. For example, there is a case where a man and his wife defrauded a disabled woman and ruined her life. Just before that they committed business identity theft stealing millions through wheelchair fraud.
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u/CollapsedContext 3d ago
I took the survey, but just wanted to chime in here to say that KUOW does excellent reporting. I have also contacted you via the website form on a story that I felt like was lacking perspective and got a thoughtful reply very quickly, so I wanted to let people know that it’s true that they do take feedback seriously.
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u/Short-Equivalent5753 3d ago
I was unable to complete the survey on mobile. No way to submit my answers
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u/engage_alex 2d ago
Oh no, I'm so sorry about that! I think it's something to do with it being an embedded Microsoft Form on a webpage, you might have better luck directly filling it in here, Soundside Feedback – Fill out form
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u/Juniuspublicus12 4d ago
You seem to avoid bread and butter issues on our side of the Sound. Nothing about the many long closed and empty shops, our lack of medical care, the many problems with the CHI System, the issues with the Shipyard, etc.