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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Dark days ahead: American professors on Trump presidency
In the liberal bastion that is Seattle, the response to the election was acute. People cried openly on buses and in cafes. Some took time off work to...
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No, you don't need a stamp for your ballot
Let’s repeat that, in case you skimmed over the headline: Your ballot will be counted even if you DO NOT affix a stamp to the envelope.
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Racial stress: What 3 Seattle therapists are seeing
In downtown Seattle, therapist Robert Gant heard from a father who felt hopeless. The man had told his sons, ages 12 and 9, that they should obey police...
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Meteorologists: The storm is coming! Finish your chores and get inside
The great storm of 2016 may not be so impressive after all.
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Seattle police fatally shoot man as Jungle homeless camp clears out
Seattle police officers shot a man on Tuesday afternoon in the Jungle, just as workers started a sweep of the notorious homeless camp under Interstate 5...
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Creepy: This story about Ted Bundy before anyone knew he was killing women
Ted Bundy is one of the most notorious serial killers of all time.
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Point your box fan inward and other tips for keeping cool
Last summer, the temperature reached 97 degrees in my toddler son’s bedroom. We live in Seattle, where few homes have air conditioning, and we’re locals...
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A Seattle-area gun owner asks: Do we really need these weapons?
The day after the Orlando nightclub shooting, Tami Michaels, a Seattle talk show host, took to Facebook.
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Weird free food in the KUOW break room
The subject line read: "There is fresh, raw Nigerian pygmy goat's milk in the fridge."* And beneath it: "I'm not going to drink it all, so feel free."...
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What's the right way to go around Green Lake?
“What’s the right way to go around Green Lake?” Isaac Chirino of Shoreline asked KUOW’s Local Wonder. Boy, people REALLY care about this one. People...