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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Government
If California ditches daylight saving time, will Washington be in a different time zone?
By approving Prop. 7 on election day, 60 percent of Californians voted to do away with clock-changing altogether. That means the state would be on daylight savings all year long. They would never fall back or spring forward again.
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Business
The appeal of Crystal City and other finalists for Amazon HQ2
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Business
Dear new Amazon city
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Education
Some Seattle school PTAs can afford extra teachers. Should they spread the wealth?
Roosevelt High School in north Seattle is a fundraising machine. The school’s fundraising groups have $3.5 million in assets. Its foundation has paid for MacBooks, microscopes, professional cameras — and a bear costume that cost $1,250.
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Government
‘Don't go to a hotel room’ with a drunk man. Councilmember Kathy Lambert’s full KUOW interview
The King County Council member took issue with a KUOW story about a campaign event for Sen. Joe Fain this past Sunday, during which she was interviewed. Here's the full transcript of that interview.
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Law & Courts
9 law experts on what Brett Kavanaugh means for the future of America
“The federal judiciary will increasingly be the place where the rich and powerful go to protect their wealth and power.”
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Education
Seattle teachers approve contract: 10% raises
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Education
Why are so many Washington teachers on strike?
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Arts & Life
2 women found dead in apartment near UW
One of the women was still alive when building managers entered the unit.
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Arts & Life
Women are linguistically more advanced than men. So why do we tell them how to speak?
When it comes to language, women set the trends.