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: Call of the wild
We’ve started phase one of reopening Washington, and the first thing on the agenda is nature. But how can we enjoy newly opened trails and fishing spots safely during the pandemic?
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Seattle Now: 'One big statistics lesson'
So many of the decisions about our lives right now—when we can go back to work, to school and visit relatives—are being guided by infectious disease models. How much faith should we have in them?
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Seattle Now: Your brain on isolation
Keeping our distance from each other can slow spread of the virus, but the isolation we're left with poses risks to the same vulnerable groups we’re trying to protect.
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Seattle Now: Unemployed and overwhelmed
The pandemic has sent more than one million Washingtonians to the state's unemployment rolls, and many of them aren’t getting paid, even though they may qualify for the money.
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Seattle Now: 'I'm three weeks away from a man bun'
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with Crosscut's Melissa Santos and Tan Vinh at the Seattle Times.
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Seattle Now: Rent's due
Tomorrow is the first of May, and for millions of people in Washington, that means rent is due. For many hit by the economic shutdown, it's money they don't have.
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Seattle Now: Healing the healers
As the infection curve flattens, attention is turning to the doctors and nurses who have been on the front lines. We talk with KUOW reporter Deborah Wang about how Seattle's healthcare workers are dealing with the strain of a pandemic.
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Seattle Now: How's that vaccine coming along?
When it comes to the coronavirus, testing is the key to the now but a vaccine is the key to the future. We talk with KUOW reporter David Hyde about the people here in Seattle who are working hard to get that done.
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Seattle Now: Checking in
We've been on top of the curve-flattening. Can we keep it up? We check in with state medical officer Dr. Kathy Lofy about the latest on testing and what needs to happen before we can start to get back to things.
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Seattle Now: The waiting place
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with APM senior editor Phyllis Fletcher and Keita Williams, founder and chief strategist of Success Bully.