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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Arts & Life
Casual Friday with Jas Keimig and Melanie McFarland
This week we got all the weather. We heard a few theories on what makes you a real Seattleite. Plus the Space Needle is turning 60! We’re breaking down the week with Salon dot com TV critic Melanie McFarland and The Strangers' Jas Keimig.
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Arts & Life
Seattle Now: Is this the Mariners' big year?
Baseball is back, and this year the Mariners have a lot to live up to. The team came closer to making the playoffs last season than any year since 2001. Is this the year they'll finally end their post-season drought?
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Health
Seattle Now: How's your mental health?
Disasters like the Covid pandemic have a dramatic impact on our mental health. Two years after the pandemic started, we're still not out of the woods — but there's an opportunity to make changes for the better.
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Environment
Seattle Now: Wolverines return to Washington
There haven't been Wolverines in Washington in nearly 100 yea
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Environment
Saving trees, making moolah
Washington's public lands aren't all protected from logging. In fact, the state makes a lot of money for schools, libraries and hospitals by cutting down trees. That's starting to change with a new plan to preserve forests and "lease" them to companies looking to offset their carbon footprints.
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Arts & Life
Casual Friday with Naomi Ishisaka and Tan Vinh
This week a U.S. Amazon warehouse unionized for the first time in the company’s history. Alaska Airlines needs more pilots and a contract with the ones it has. And starting next year, job listings will come with salary ranges. Tan Vinh and Naomi Ishisaka from the Seattle Times break it all down.
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Arts & Life
Seattle music producer brings home the Grammys
Seattle musicians had a couple of nominations but not many wins at last weekend’s Grammy Awards. One producer who did bring home some hardware is a UW artist in residence who just nabbed two more to add to his collection. Steve Rodby tells us about the award-winning projects he’s been working on.
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Business
Seattle now: The Amazon Labor Union
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island have formed thei
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Government
What's in WA's $16B transportation bill
Hybrid electric ferries, free transit for people 18 and under and billions of dollars for highways are all in the massive transportation bill signed by Governor Inslee last month. Seattle Times reporter David Kroman breaks down what we're investing in.
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Politics
Is the pandemic still an emergency?
Much of the state's covid response stems from Governor Inslee's emergency powers. But two years on, some say the emergency is over and it's time to give them up. KUOW's Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins explains why it won't be easy.