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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How Washington State Fared On The CDC's Breastfeeding Report
More moms are breastfeeding than ever before, which is great. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is proud of you, breastfeeding moms. And...
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'There Is Fresh, Raw Nigerian Pygmy Goat's Milk In The Fridge'
The subject headline of producer Matthew Streib's email was irresistibly public radio: "There is fresh raw Nigerian pygmy goat's milk in the fridge."...
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Paul Schell, Innkeeper And Former Seattle Mayor, Dies At 76
He is the reason fish fly at the Pike Place Market, or so the story goes.
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Microsoft Layoffs Could Make Seattle Hub Of Cloud And Mobile Tech
Following the announcement by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella that the company would undergo a 14 percent reduction in its workforce, conference rooms at...
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Jonesing For A Joint? Too Bad, Seattle Is Out Of Weed
Cannabis City has sold out of its indicas, sativas and hybrids.
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Hey Budtender! Enlighten Me About This Weed
One of the first sales of legal recreational marijuana at Cannabis City in Seattle's Sodo neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon.
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A Peek Inside Seattle's Remaining Communes
Four people live in a cozy home on Capitol Hill, which they call WOW, for Wild Old Women. Or that’s what they used to call it; now they call it Wild Old...
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Seattle City Song Unearthed: ‘Her Bosom’s Gemm’d With Pearly Lakes’
In researching the Seattle City Charter, KUOW reporter Deborah Wang found the lyrics of the Seattle city song.
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Why KUOW Didn’t (Initially) Name The SPU Shooter
In journalism school, student reporters learn to never, ever, ever name suspects until they have been charged in court.
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Shell Casings On The Carpet: Students Describe SPU Shooting Scene
On Thursday afternoon, Daniel Martin received the text that every university president dreads: His campus was on lockdown. There was a gunman.