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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Arts & Life
A legend at Garfield High School, Rick walked the halls for half a century. This is his story
Wendell Hicks, known to the Central District as “Two Brick Rick,” and “Garfield Rick,” died last week. He was 69. The cause was pneumonia, his appointed guardian said.
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Politics
Seattle council candidate withdraws after criminal assault exposed
Michael McQuaid, a candidate for Seattle City Council, has withdrawn from the race after an article in the Seattle Times exposed a criminal assault from 2015.
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Arts & Life
This pioneer worked the Underground Railroad — and founded Seattle's Black Central District
In the early days, they called him Big Bill the Cook.
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'At least' two Seattle cops in D.C. on Wednesday, police chief says
The Seattle Police Department learned on Friday that two of its officers had been in Washington, D.C., o
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'Worth every minute.' Drive-through vaccines kick off in Renton
Farrah Azur, a dental hygienist, debated getting the Covid vaccine.
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Joe Biden: 'It's not protest. It's insurrection'
Joe Biden intended to speak about the economy. And then a pro-Trump mob breached the U.S. Capitol, sending lawmakers scramble into hiding.
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Health
Unboxing the coronavirus vaccine in Seattle: A glimmer of hope
The box looked like no big deal. White, cardboard, and a pink sticker that read, “priority boarding.”
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Education
Denise Juneau, Seattle superintendent, to leave district
Denise Juneau, superintendent of Seattle Public Schools, announced on Tuesday that she will leave the district in June when her contract expires.
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10 Seattle precincts with the most Trump voters
Seattle is a notoriously liberal city where just 8 percent of voters supported President Trump this year – and in 2016.
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Why votes from Wyoming carry more weight than yours
You, the people, do not elect the president of the United States. At least not directly.