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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Mom Fired By Overlake Hospital After Lactation Room Complaint
Jamie Steeb’s breasts hurt. Steeb was a nursing assistant at Overlake Hospital in Bellevue. She had returned from maternity leave and needed time to...
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Seattle Archdiocese Names Priests Who Abused Kids
The Archdiocese of Seattle on Friday named 77 Catholic clergy or religious order members accused of sexually abusing minors. Those on the list served or...
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A Wild Tale Of Kidnapping And Newshounding In The Northwest
It was the Northwest’s most notorious kidnapping case. Little George Weyerhaeuser had been snatched off the streets of Tacoma and held for $200,000 rans...
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'When It's A White Guy, No One Gets Hurt After The Attack. But When It's A Muslim...'
After the deadly shooting in San Bernardino, California last week Muslims across the country held their breath. Was the shooter a Muslim? They hoped not.
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See An Adorable Ermine (And Its Fresh Kill) Up Close In The Methow Valley
Ashley Siple, a cross-country skier, was spending the weekend in the Methow Valley when she spotted a tiny white creature bounding across the snow.
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This Seattle Symphony Piece Inspired Taylor Swift
A Grammy-winning recording by the Seattle Symphony has caught Taylor Swift’s ear: The pop star just donated $50,000 to the symphony after hearing its...
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Votes Will Be Recounted By Hand In West Seattle
West Seattle’s ballots from the November election will be recounted, the King County Elections department said on Tuesday. That's because the race...
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Baby Gorilla Is Born At Woodland Park Zoo, But Mom Walks Away
It’s a girl! Nadiri, a 19-year-old gorilla at the Woodland Park Zoo, gave birth to her daughter at 11:30 a.m. Friday.
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Can Teens Refuse Life-Saving Care? Depends On The State
Teens as young as 12 can make their own medical decisions in certain states. That’s because of the mature minor doctrine. The doctrine allows teens to...
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When A 14-Year-Old Chooses To Die Because Of Religion, Can Anyone Stop Him?
The first time I interviewed Dennis Lindberg , he was alone on a weekday evening. He had just turned 12, and he had set out Saltine crackers on a paper...