Isolde Raftery
Online Managing Editor
About
Isolde Raftery is the online managing editor at KUOW. She was hired as the station's first online editor in 2013 and was promoted to her current position in 2018.
Previously, she 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. She has freelanced breaking news and crime stories for The Chicago Tribune, Seattlepi.com and Seattle Business magazine.
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.
Stories
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Man electrocuted in tree in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood
A construction worker was in serious condition on Wednesday after being electrocuted while cutting down a tree in Greenwood, at North 87th Street and Phinney Avenue North.
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A very Pacific Northwest holiday gift guide
What to gift someone who lives in the Pacific Northwest?
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Cracked teeth: Covid stress is getting to a lot of us
People are so stressed out that they are grinding their teeth until they crack.
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Ballard High students protest what they call a culture of sexual misconduct and harassment
About 100 students walked out of Ballard High School on Monday afternoon to protest a lack of accountability when it comes to sexual misconduct and harassment at school.
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Posies frontman Ken Stringfellow ‘taking time off’ after sexual misconduct allegations surface
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KUOW Newsroom
As sexual misconduct allegations dog Ken Stringfellow of the Posies, the band breaks up
The women who say that Ken Stringfellow hurt them – bit them, forced himself on them – first describe his charisma.
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Elections
Who's leading in Seattle races on primary night
With a clap of thunder, the polls closed at 8 p.m. on Tuesday in Seattle, marking the end of a seemingly sleepy series of races.
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Vaccinated people should mask in public indoor spaces in most of Washington state
Washingtonians who are fully vaccinated should wear masks in public indoor settings, Gov. Jay Inslee said on Wednesday. Fully vaccinated people who live with young children or someone who is vulnerable to sickness should consider masking indoors even in counties with lower transmission. This is guidance and not a legal requirement.
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Coronavirus In Seattle
Vaccinated people should mask in public indoor spaces in Seattle and most of Washington state
Washingtonians who are fully vaccinated should wear masks in public indoor settings, Gov. Jay Inslee said on Wednesday.
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KUOW Newsroom
We know who made the call to leave Seattle Police’s East Precinct last summer, finally
Recall June 2020. George Floyd has been murdered by police in Minneapolis, and the video of his death is so shocking that people across the nation pour onto the streets in protest. In Seattle, demonstrators face off with police at their outpost in the freewheeling Capitol Hill neighborhood.