Welcome to the UW News office

The UW News office is the port of entry for journalists who need information about the University of Washington. Our media officers will help you find faculty experts or connect you with newsmakers at the UW.

Note: For news concerning the UW School of Medicine, call 206-543-3620.

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Victor Balta, university spokesperson and assistant vice president for communications

balta@uw.edu | 206-543-2580

Media contact for UW administration issues

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Kim Eckart, interim director of media relations
keckart@uw.edu | 206-543-2580

Manages the UW News team and its various publications and channels. Media contact for social sciences, including psychology, anthropology, education, political science, public policy, law, built environments.

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Hannah Hickey, assistant director
hickeyh@uw.edu | 206-543-2580

Media contact for atmospheric science, climate science, weather, oceanography, polar science, geology and seismology.

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Sarah McQuate, assistant director
smcquate@uw.edu | 206-543-2580

Media contact for aeronautics and astronautics, civil and environmental engineering, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, materials science, industrial and systems engineering, mechanical engineering and bioengineering.

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Jackson Holtz, public information officer
jjholtz@uw.edu | 206-543-2580

Media contact for major university initiatives, programs and gifts

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Lauren Kirschman, public information officer
lkirsc@uw.edu | 206-543-2580

Media contact for economics, business, communications, arts, humanities, history and world affairs.

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Stefan Milne, public information officer
stmilne@uw.edu| 206-543-2580

Media contact for computer science and engineering, Information School, human-centered design, statistics and math. Also the contact for research centers focused on clean energy, neurotechnology, data science, nano engineering and molecular engineering.

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James Urton, public information officer
jurton@uw.edu | 206-543-2580

Media contact for physical and life sciences, including biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy; also fisheries, Friday Harbor Labs, forestry, and urban horticulture.

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Alden Woods, public information officer
acwoods@uw.edu | 206-543-2580

Media contact for nursing, public health, dentistry, pharmacy and the Population Health Initiative.

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Kiyomi Taguchi, videographer
ktaguchi@uw.edu | 206-543-2580

Illustrates the office’s stories with videos, both for the university’s purposes and for use by external media.

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Alex Bartick, digital content producer
abartick@uw.edu | 206-543-2580

Manages social media, and produces the daily UW Today newsletter and UW News website.

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Sindu Karunakaran, editorial assistant
sindu21@uw.edu | 206-543-2580

Tracks UW mentions in the media and produces daily and weekly newsletters.

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UW Medicine Newsroom

mediarelations@uw.edu | 206-543-3620

The central media relations office for UW Medicine responds to journalists’ requests for interviews with topic experts and spokespersons, background information, fact-checking, patient condition reports, records requests, filming access, official statements and disaster communications. This group covers all entities of UW Medicine, and a variety of research institutes and service programs. Learn more at newsroom.uw.edu.