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: 'A checkup from the neck up'
One organizer of Sunday's 'We Want to Live' rally in South Seattle shares his thoughts on what has to happen to make meaningful change to undo systemic racism.
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Seattle Now: Nothing casual about it
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with KUOW's Liz Brazile and Ashley Hiruko.
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A former SPD chief reimagines policing
Seattle has been taking to the streets to demand changes to our system of policing. But we’ve been already been pursuing reform here for years, so what else could we be doing?
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Seattle Now: Trusting the police
Seattle has a long history of biased policing, which is why SPD has been under federal oversight since 2012. And despite reforms, the department still has a trust problem.
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Seattle Now: Seattle shows up for George Floyd
Seattle joins a national outpouring of grief with three days of protest, but peaceful demonstration gets upstaged by tear gas and clashes with the police.
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Seattle Now: 'I feel like Punxsutawney Phil'
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with KUOW producer Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong and writer Katie Anthony.
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Seattle Now: 'Scattered Canary' flies off with our money
While we had our eye on the pandemic, an international fraud ring stole hundreds of millions of dollars in fake unemployment claims. Now, the state is trying to sort out the mess and out-of-work Washingtonians are caught in the middle.
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Seattle Now: Covid, racism, and you
One side effect of the Covid Pandemic? An uptick in racist attacks against Asian Americans.
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Seattle Now: What IS contact tracing?
You’ve probably been hearing the words “contact tracing” a lot lately -- it's supposed to be the key to keeping Covid-19 under control. But what is it exactly?
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Seattle Now: Why your BBQ might look a little different today
We’re doing Memorial Day differently this year, no surprise. And if you’re barbecuing today, you might need to be flexible about what’s going on the grill thanks to the pandemic's impact on Washington's beef producers.