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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First responders and medical staff test positive for coronavirus
Medical staff across the Seattle region are falling sick with coronavirus.
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Purell is low in Seattle. How to make your own hand sanitizer
Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. But what if you can't access a sink?
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Live blog: Coronavirus updates in Seattle area (Feb 29-March 2)
This post will be updated periodically with information about the coronavirus. Scroll down for older information. Top line information: *A man died on Friday of presumed coronavirus in Kirkland, Washington, across the lake from Seattle. He is the first documented death from a virus in the U.S. He had underlying medical conditions. *2 people from a nursing care facility in Kirkland tested positive for the novel coronavirus. *50 more people from that nursing facility are sick and waiting for results about whether they have the virus. *10 CDC workers from Atlanta flew to Seattle this weekend, bound for the nursing care facility in Kirkland.
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'Tip of the iceberg.' Health officials predict more coronavirus in Washington state as testing accelerates
*A man died of presumed coronavirus in Kirkland, Washington. He is the first documented death from the virus in the U.S. *2 people from a tested positive for coronavirus He was after an apparent outbreak at a nursing facility in Kirkland, Washington, outside of Seattle. *2 other people from that facility have tested positive for coronavirus, and tests are pending for another 50 people who are sick. *10 CDC workers from Atlanta land in Seattle this weekend, and will head for the nursing care facility. More may arrive later.
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Gov. Jay Inslee declares state of emergency for coronavirus response
Hours after Washington state health officials announced the first coronavirus death in the U.S., Gov. Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency, directing agencies to use all resources needed to respond to the outbreak.
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First U.S. death from presumed coronavirus case in Seattle-area, Washington health officials say. Gov. Inslee declares state of emergency
The patient died at a hospital in Kirkland, Washington.
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2 new coronavirus cases found in Seattle area, health officials say
Two new cases of the coronavirus disease, COVID-19, have been confirmed in Washington state -- one in King County and one in Snohomish County, public health officials said Friday night.
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3rd teacher removed from classroom following KUOW investigation
Martin McGowan, a first-grade teacher at West Woodland Elementary who had been disciplined for abuse including yanking kids’ ears and grabbing their necks, has been put on leave.
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Seattle parents outraged by teacher abuse revelations, but superintendent remains silent
Seattle parents are calling for Superintendent Denise Juneau to address revelations that the district let abusive teachers return to the classroom, sometimes after multiple incidents of misconduct.
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'Nostorm: It did not snow in Seattle last night. Yes, school is still closed
Seattle was giddy. Double buses were pulled off routes. School was canceled, before a single flake dropped. And then it didn’t snow. Instead, it warmed up. Here’s what happened.