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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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.
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51,000 library accounts were unblocked in Seattle today. We break down the numbers
Starting Thursday, Jan. 2, the Seattle Public Library will no longer charge fees for overdue books and other media.
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Business
Boeing suspends 737 MAX production; no layoffs or furlough expected
Boeing announced that it is stopping production of the 737 MAX plane, beginning next month.
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Kshama Sawant pulls ahead, after being 8 points behind on Election Night
On Election Night, the news was that Kshama Sawant, the Seattle socialist council member who refuses to pander, was eight points behind. And that L
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Politics
3 takeaways from Election Night in Seattle, starring Kshama Sawant
Amazon may have exacted its revenge on Kshama Sawant
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This is why some Seattle schools didn’t allow costumes on Halloween
Yes, dressing up as a voodoo doll is cultural appropriation.
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Yes, this is a mushroom. Wild photos of fungi in the Northwest
Mushrooms
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Politics
36 hours with Donald Trump, in pictures
It's hard to keep track of the news that President Donald Trump generates.
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Gas leak in University District: Don't go out onto the Ave, officials say
A gas leak in Seattle’s University District has all but shut down the surrounding blocks.
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Environment
Photographic evidence of climate change in the Northwest
Climate change is not a scary thing that might happen in the future. It is here, and