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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There are worms in the blackberries you just picked
You know those blackberries you just picked? There are worms in them. Tiny white worms, almost transparent, that will ultimately blossom into fruit flies.
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Look Inside Edith Macefield’s House Before It’s Barged To Orcas Island
Edith Macefield’s tiny house will soon float to Orcas Island – but not by balloon. The property owner – a bank that won’t disclose its identity – has...
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Seattle Kids Have Lower Polio Vaccination Rate Than Rwanda
After an outbreak of measles last fall, Washington state health officials hoped that a small subset of parents would change their minds about getting...
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There Are More Dogs Named Frodo Than Fido In Seattle
There is a cat in Seattle named Schrodinger. We don't know if it is alive or dead, but the point is that Seattleites get creative when naming their pets...
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Wenatchee Fire: Embers The Size Of Bread Loaves
Fire came floating out of the sky into Wenatchee. “Some of the embers we gathered and posted on social media, I mean, they're the size of a loaf of...
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Seattle Pride: These Teens Don't Even Need To Come Out
On Sunday morning, ahead of Seattle Pride 2015, marchers gathered in a parking lot under the freeway. They blew balloons, lathered on sunscreen and told...
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Algae Bloom Hits Dungeness Crabbers Hard On Washington Coast
TOKELAND, Wash. – Tom Petersen’s 50-foot crab boat sits idly in the Port of Willapa Harbor, a tiny coastal inlet 40 or so miles north of the mouth of the Columbia River.
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Sex And Babies: Why 4 Justices Opposed Gay Marriage
Not everyone was waving the rainbow flag on Friday morning. Certainly not the four dissenting justices who opposed same-sex marriage. The justices --...
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Mariners Join Seattle Pride Parade For First Time
Members of the Seattle Mariners franchise – including the moose! – will march in the Pride Parade for the first time on Sunday. About 30 staffers will...
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What Being American Means In Seattle
"I wanted to feel I belong." On Sunday, KUOW partnered with CityClub, Citizen University and One America to celebrate citizenship and civic life at City...