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Image: KIRO Newsradio host and commentary writer Travis Mayfield

KIRO Newsradio host and writer

Travis Mayfield

Travis Mayfield has been a journalist for over 25 years. Before joining KIRO Newsradio, he was a TV news anchor for Q13 News This Morning for nearly a decade. Travis and his husband live with their kids in Seattle's Montlake neighborhood. He is an active volunteer with Seattle Schools. Travis often emcees events for organizations close to his heart like Business Impact Northwest and The GSBA. Travis graduated from South Kitsap High School and Gonzaga University. He has worked as a journalist in New York City, Montana, Yakima, Spokane and Seattle. You can follow Travis on Instagram and Threads @TravisMayfield or on Facebook @TravisMayfieldTV.

Mayfield: New president deserves space to help SPU find way forward

Deana Porterfield will officially become the first woman to lead Seattle Pacific University as President in the school’s 130-year history.
2 years ago

Mayfield: What has Seattle elementary students embracing such weighty fiction?

Each year since 1995 the library in our city has been organizing something called the Global Reading Challenge. 
2 years ago

Mayfield: Strippers, strip club owners deserve equity under state law

In Washington, strippers are generally only able to work as independent contractors.
3 years ago

Mayfield: Trump wants a dictatorship; he said so himself

It was a simple question. It was posed twice. The questioner was a friend and ally. It all happened in front of a fawning crowd of true believers.
3 years ago

Mayfield: Eastern Wash. city council tries yet another book ban

According to a report, the Liberty Lake City Council thinks it should tell the library what books to shelve and which to trash.
3 years ago

Mayfield: A disappointing sports weekend, even for a non-sports fan

I know nothing about sports. I mean I know absolutely nothing about sports, but that's not stopping me from having opinions about sports this morning.
3 years ago

Mayfield: The Washington state ferry system needs to be saved

Washington State Ferries -- the largest public ferry system in the entire world -- is sinking fast, and our neighbors are drowning.
3 years ago

Mayfield: Public schools are good but you wouldn’t hear it from them

We are in the market for a middle school. We are an eager family with a bright-eyed 10-year-old hopeful about the future.
3 years ago