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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Raise The Roof? Seahawks Fans Shake Ground, Trigger Small Earthquake
Monday night’s Seattle Seahawks game brought a whole new meaning to that gravelly sports rally, “Let’s. Get. Ready to rumbuuuuuul.”
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VIDEO: Technicians Face Fear As They Light Space Needle
Perhaps the most terrifying moment in this video about lighting the Space Needle is when a technician says, “When the weather’s not cooperating, that’s...
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Nan Campbell, Bellevue's First Female Mayor, Dies After Suspicious Fire
When Don Davidson joined the Bellevue City Council in 1984, a fellow council member offered sage advice: “Get along with Nan. It’ll go a long way.”
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What Boeing Machinists' Rejection Means For Labor
In the hours after Boeing machinists overwhelmingly voted down an eight-year contract, a theme emerged: The machinists view themselves as a family that...
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Metro To Cut 74 Bus Routes If State Doesn’t Come Through
In a dramatic announcement on Thursday, Metro announced its plans to cut 74 bus routes by mid-2014 in response to the state's inability to pass a...
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Photos Down Under: A Light Beams From Puget Sound
Puget Sound, a spidery inlet of the Pacific Ocean, has often been derided as murky, toxic and so, so cold. But Ann Dornfeld, KUOW’s education reporter,...
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Councilmembers Will Represent Districts – But Which One Is Yours?
Seattle prides itself on being a city of neighborhoods – small cities wedged between two bodies of water – but its city councilmembers are elected by the
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Effort To Label GMO Foods Failing In Washington State
Washington state likely won’t be labeling its food containing GMO products, after all. With most of the votes counted on Tuesday night, 55 percent said...
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So Far, SeaTac Voters Say Yes To $15 Minimum Wage
The votes haven’t all been counted, but it appears the City of SeaTac could be on its way to imposing a $15 minimum wage for workers whose jobs are tied...
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McGinn Ousted: Ed Murray Leads With 56 Percent
State Sen. Ed Murray appeared to be winning the Seattle mayoral race on Tuesday night, with 56 percent of the votes. Mayor Mike McGinn trailed with 43...