Patricia Murphy
Host
About
Patricia Murphy is the host of Seattle Now, a daily news podcast.
Her interviews focus on experts and newsmakers. Previously, you could find Patricia on the beat reporting on military and veteran affairs, justice, and health.
In 2018 Patricia received a regional Edward R. Murrow award for a series about the motivations of young people who carry guns. In 2005 she received a national Edward R. Murrow award for her reporting on injection drug use.
Though her first job in news was throwing hard copies of the Sunday paper from her bike, Patricia also graduated from Emerson College with a B.S. in Communications.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: Dart Center, Ochberg Society for Trauma Journalism
Podcasts
Stories
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Seattle Now: Casual Friday with Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong + Sydney Brownstone
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with KUOW's Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong and Seattle Times reporter Sydney Brownstone.
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Seattle Now: Covid goes to college
Washington State University is seeing a huge Covid outbreak, even though classes are all online. What can we learn from how colleges are tackling this challenge? Trish talks with NPR higher education reporter Elissa Nadworny.
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What it means to lose Black Panther
People around the world are grieving the loss of the actor Chadwick Boseman, who died last week at 43. He’s most famous for playing T’Challa or Black Panther in 2018. Trish talks with Eula Scott Bynoe, cohost of Everything's on Fire with Eula and Jeannie, about what his life and legacy means to her.
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Seattle Now: Nikki Blake Chafetz on justice for her nephew, Jacob Blake
President Trump visits Kenosha, Wisconsin today, but he won’t be meeting with the family of Jacob Blake. The president says it’s because the family wanted lawyers there. Trish talks with Jacob Blake’s aunt, Nikki Blake Chafetz, about why her family is prepared to fight for justice.
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Seattle Now: Pete Carroll shows up
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll has coached football for 50 years. On Saturday, he decided it was time to go fully on the record for the mostly Black athletes who've made his career. Trish talks it over with The Athletic's Michael-Shawn Dugar.
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Seattle Now: Casual Friday with Zaki Hamid + Margaret O'Mara
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with Zaki Hamid, co-host of KUOW's "Are We Going to Be Okay?" series and University of Washington history professor Margaret O'Mara.
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Seattle Now: Power shift in the gig economy
Covid has upended the economy, even the gig economy, and some of the changes are here to stay.
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Seattle Now: Making the most of takeout
Restaurants who want to survive the pandemic have had to switch it up for take out. And a lot of them have gotten pretty great at it.
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Seattle Now: Murder charge for Auburn cop
King County is putting a new state law to the test by charging an Auburn Police Officer with murder. It's only the third time a case like this has been brought since the 1930s.
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Seattle Now: 'Phase 2 wasn't a big success'
If we ever hope to get back to school, and the movies and all the other things we want to do we need to take steps now to slow COVID-19 transmission. Because flu season is coming.