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
-
Elections
10 Seattle precincts with the most Trump voters
Seattle is a notoriously liberal city where just 8 percent of voters supported President Trump this year – and in 2016.
-
Elections
Why votes from Wyoming carry more weight than yours
You, the people, do not elect the president of the United States. At least not directly.
-
Elections
Hindsight 2020: Professors predicted what Trumpism would look like. Here's what they got right
After Donald Trump won the presidential election in 2016, people in liberal areas were in shock – and wondering what a Trump presidency would mean for the country.
-
Dental floss and tiny trackers: Surreal photos show hunt for murder hornets
This weekend, on Saturday, scientists launched a "dawn assault" on a murder hornet nest near the Canadian border.
-
KUOW Newsroom
A King County detective mocked a protester's death online — then his boss took him down
A King County Sheriff’s detective could be terminated for eight social media posts and comments he made over the summer relating to the protests for civil rights and racial justice in Seattle.
-
KUOW Newsroom
What these Seattle-area kids have to say about online school
There is smoke in the air (visible) and a virus (invisible), and Seattle-area parents are throwing their ALL-CAPS energy at frustrations with online school.
-
KUOW Newsroom
Dangerous maggot larvae found in apples that Gov. Jay Inslee gifted to wildfire-ravaged town
Over the weekend, Gov. Jay Inslee brought honey crisp apples from his orchard to eastern Washington.
-
2,000 have died of coronavirus in Washington state. That's halfway to China's total death toll
According to the latest numbers from the state's Department of Health, Washington has now suffered more than 2,000 deaths related to Covid-19.
-
KUOW Newsroom
Pier collapses on Seattle waterfront
Pier 58 is next to the Great Wheel, near the Seattle Aquarium.
-
KUOW Newsroom
1-year-old dies in Washington state fire
The Cold Springs Fire near Omak, Washington, engulfed a Renton family over the weekend, burning the parents and killing their 1-year-old child.