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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When MLK came to town
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. only came to Seattle once, in 1961. He was invited by his longtime friend, Reverend Samuel B. McKinney of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. KUOW's Isolde Raftery tells Kim Malcolm about the message he brought with him that would become his most famous speech.
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Health
We asked how you're feeling about Covid these days. This is what you told us
There's a meme going around: "Omicron means parents are doing it all again.
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Environment
It's coyote o'clock in Seattle. Should you bring your cats in?
If you're going by NextDoor, it sounds like an army of coyotes is cruising Seattle streets for pet cats. But cats may not be on the menu as much as cat owners fret. Patricia Murphy speaks with KUOW editor Isolde Raftery about why she started looking into coyotes — and what they like to eat. Turns out, coyotes may be to thank for curbing the city's rat population.
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Arts & Life
Man electrocuted in tree in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood
A construction worker was in serious condition on Wednesday after being electrocuted while cutting down a tree in Greenwood, at North 87th Street and Phinney Avenue North.
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Arts & Life
A very Pacific Northwest holiday gift guide
What to gift someone who lives in the Pacific Northwest?
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Health
Cracked teeth: Covid stress is getting to a lot of us
People are so stressed out that they are grinding their teeth until they crack.
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Education
Ballard High students protest what they call a culture of sexual misconduct and harassment
About 100 students walked out of Ballard High School on Monday afternoon to protest a lack of accountability when it comes to sexual misconduct and harassment at school.
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Posies frontman Ken Stringfellow ‘taking time off’ after sexual misconduct allegations surface
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As sexual misconduct allegations dog Ken Stringfellow of the Posies, the band breaks up
The women who say that Ken Stringfellow hurt them – bit them, forced himself on them – first describe his charisma.
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Health
My 1-year-old son got Covid, then so did we. Here’s what I want you to know
Noel Frame is a Democratic lawmaker in Washington state. Last month, her 1-year-old son got Covid-19. She told KUOW's Kim Malcolm her story.