Isolde Raftery
Online Managing Editor
About
Isolde Raftery is the online managing editor at KUOW. She was hired as the station's first online editor in 2013 and was promoted to her current position in 2018.
Previously, she worked for NBCNews.com, The New York Times (where she was a fellow on the Metro desk in 2010), and the Columbian and Skagit Valley Herald newspapers here in Washington state. She has freelanced breaking news and crime stories for The Chicago Tribune, Seattlepi.com and Seattle Business magazine.
Born in Ireland to an Irish dad and a French mom, Isolde grew up in Dublin, Paris and Seattle, where she attended James A. Garfield High School. She later graduated from Barnard College in New York City and received a master's degree in literary nonfiction from the University of Oregon.
Stories
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Classroom abuse
3rd teacher removed from classroom following KUOW investigation
Martin McGowan, a first-grade teacher at West Woodland Elementary who had been disciplined for abuse including yanking kids’ ears and grabbing their necks, has been put on leave.
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Classroom abuse
Seattle parents outraged by teacher abuse revelations, but superintendent remains silent
Seattle parents are calling for Superintendent Denise Juneau to address revelations that the district let abusive teachers return to the classroom, sometimes after multiple incidents of misconduct.
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'Nostorm: It did not snow in Seattle last night. Yes, school is still closed
Seattle was giddy. Double buses were pulled off routes. School was canceled, before a single flake dropped. And then it didn’t snow. Instead, it warmed up. Here’s what happened.
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It did not snow in Seattle last night. Yes, school is still closed
Seattle was giddy. Double buses were pulled off routes. School was canceled, before a single flake dropped.
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KUOW Newsroom
51,000 library accounts were unblocked in Seattle today. We break down the numbers
Starting Thursday, Jan. 2, the Seattle Public Library will no longer charge fees for overdue books and other media.
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KUOW Newsroom
Boeing suspends 737 MAX production; no layoffs or furlough expected
Boeing announced that it is stopping production of the 737 MAX plane, beginning next month.
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Kshama Sawant pulls ahead, after being 8 points behind on Election Night
On Election Night, the news was that Kshama Sawant, the Seattle socialist council member who refuses to pander, was eight points behind. And that L
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Elections
3 takeaways from Election Night in Seattle, starring Kshama Sawant
Amazon may have exacted its revenge on Kshama Sawant
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This is why some Seattle schools didn’t allow costumes on Halloween
Yes, dressing up as a voodoo doll is cultural appropriation.
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Yes, this is a mushroom. Wild photos of fungi in the Northwest
Mushrooms