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: Drunk with power
The dog days of summer are upon us... even though it's a pandemic summer. KUOW's Jeannie Yandel and writer Molly Wizenberg are here to talk back to school, kiddie pool shortages and, most importantly, ice cream.
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Seattle Now: Seattle's housing market is still hot
The pandemic may have done a number on our economy but one area seems to be immune.
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Seattle Now: Why does Microsoft want TikTok?
Microsoft says it will be done laying out an offer to to acquire the social media platform TikTok in the United States by mid September.
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Seattle Now: So you wanna go camping?
Social distant camping is one of the only summer activities we can do right now. And that means more and more people are heading out into the woods.
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Seattle Now: Sports on the bubble
The Mariners, Sounders and Storm are all playing again and the Seahawks are getting ready. But playing even a shortened season in a pandemic means keeping players healthy, and that's already a challenge. ESPN’s Mina Kimes explains how it's going so far.
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Seattle Now: "I hope you find the fish"
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with Angela King, host of Morning Edition on KUOW and KUOW's Casey Martin.
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Seattle Now: Baby orca?
The orca called Tahlequah brought new attention to the threats facing killer whales when she carried the body of her calf for more than two weeks. Now she's pregnant again, and the world is crossing its fingers for a new baby.
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Seattle Now: A 7 week battle with coronavirus
Reporter Anna King was in the middle of covering the spread of coronavirus when she became sick.
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Seattle Now: Protest deja vu
It’s been nearly two months since the start of daily protests in Seattle, and new scenes of violence on Capitol Hill this weekend felt like deja vu to many. Why does it feel like we're back at square one?
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Seattle Now: What's going on in Portland?
President Trump backed off from his threats to send federal law enforcement to Seattle to break up the CHOP. But he did send them to Portland, setting off a political backlash and escalating the protests. We’ll hear what’s going on from Portland-based independent journalist Sergio Olmos.