Isolde Raftery
Interim Managing Editor
About
Isolde Raftery has been the Interim Managing Editor KUOW since 2024. Previously, she was the station's Online Managing Editor.
She has worked for NBCNews.com, The New York Times (where she was a fellow on the Metro desk in 2010), and the Columbian and Skagit Valley Herald newspapers here in Washington state.
Born in Ireland to an Irish dad and a French mom, Isolde grew up in Dublin, Paris, and Seattle, where she attended James A. Garfield High School. She later graduated from Barnard College in New York City and received a Master's degree in Literary Nonfiction from the University of Oregon.
You can send her tips and story ideas via email or, more privately, by Instagram direct message @isoldedenise.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, French
Pronouns: she/her
Stories
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Elections
Trump foes lead in Washington state as he wins a second term
Republicans may feel like winners, with former President Donald Trump being declared the winner of the next presidency by The Associated Press and other major news outlets. But here in Washington state, candidates who have gone toe-to-toe with Trump were winning or leading their races on Tuesday night.
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Politics
Meet Peter Ferguson, running for first cat of Washington state
This shorthaired cat lives in northeast Seattle where he hunts gnats at dusk ... and is as popular as the Democratic candidate for governor.
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Crime
The Green River Killer has been brought back to Seattle, booked into King County Jail
Gary Ridgway, known as the Green River Killer, was moved to the King County Jail in Seattle Monday.
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Arts & Life
Cringe-fest: KUOW newsroom brainstorms a 'cool' headline
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Education
Photos: First day fits lowkey slapped at Seattle's Roosevelt High
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Crime
A dead baby found in Ballard and the homeless mother who wonders if he was ever alive
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Seattle cop fired over remarks about Indian graduate student’s death
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Elections
The Gotta-go-Joe to Pro-Joe meter: Washington state edition
Politicians and political donors spoke up last week about whether they believe President Joe Biden should stay in the race.
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Politics
‘I am a gay Latino man,’ says former Seattle Chief Adrian Diaz after stepping down
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Education
Mapped: Shootings around Seattle's Garfield High School this year
In the last year, there have been at least six shootings in and around Garfield High School in Seattle's Central District.