Night Shift
A Lyft driver who puts on a nightly karaoke party in her car.
A Latina janitor who empties 600 garbage cans in a downtown high-rise every night.
A warehouse worker who kisses her kids goodbye at daycare, where they spend the nights without her.
These are some of the people you’ll meet on KUOW’s Night Shift. This summer, our reporters set out to explore a darker side of Seattle, the one that comes to life after most of the city tucks in for the night.
The Night Shift team includes reporters Casey Martin, Esmy Jimenez and Kate Walters, and photographer Megan Farmer. The Night Shift was conceptualized and edited by Liz Jones.
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Why's the octopus awake? Night at the Seattle Aquarium
It’s almost midnight, and Bailey is still awake, stretching and pushing against the glass in front of her.
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‘One eye open.’ Sleepless in a Seattle tent
It’s 8:57 p.m. on a Sunday, and it’s karaoke night at the Georgetown tiny house village.
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'Who run the world?' At night, Seattle's immigrant women
Fatima had sewn up her dress one inch so that she could vacuum on the floors of a downtown Seattle high rise.
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If you're a mom on the night shift, where do your kids sleep?
It’s dinner time, and Tiffany Montgomery will head to work soon. But first, she drops her five kids off at child care, where they’ll spend the night.
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It’s carpool karaoke (and free Tylenol) with this Seattle night driver
When I open the door to Melinda Miner's Camry, there's a basket of water bottles and candy in the seat. ...and that's not everything.
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Goodnight, Seattle. A story in pictures
At night in Seattle, There was a high-rise janitor. And a karaoke party with a night Lyft driver.
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Here's where your dog goes if you're arrested in Seattle
“I don't know why, but lots of police here."
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What it's like at 4 a.m. at the Pike Place Market
Pike Place Market before dawn is empty. Eerily so, because the neon lights are still on.