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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KUOW Newsroom
What these Seattle-area kids have to say about online school
There is smoke in the air (visible) and a virus (invisible), and Seattle-area parents are throwing their ALL-CAPS energy at frustrations with online school.
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KUOW Newsroom
Dangerous maggot larvae found in apples that Gov. Jay Inslee gifted to wildfire-ravaged town
Over the weekend, Gov. Jay Inslee brought honey crisp apples from his orchard to eastern Washington.
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2,000 have died of coronavirus in Washington state. That's halfway to China's total death toll
According to the latest numbers from the state's Department of Health, Washington has now suffered more than 2,000 deaths related to Covid-19.
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KUOW Newsroom
Pier collapses on Seattle waterfront
Pier 58 is next to the Great Wheel, near the Seattle Aquarium.
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KUOW Newsroom
1-year-old dies in Washington state fire
The Cold Springs Fire near Omak, Washington, engulfed a Renton family over the weekend, burning the parents and killing their 1-year-old child.
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This is how hard it is to identify a Seattle cop
In Seattle, a police officer's "badge number" could be a unique identifier — or it could be a number on a randomly assigned badge. And even when the number does identify an individual officer, it can still be tricky to identify them using that alone
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Seattle Protests for Civil Rights
Police neck restraints now banned in many Seattle suburbs
Police chiefs say protests were the catalyst for change.
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KUOW Newsroom
Seattle officers apply elsewhere as city leaders consider cutting police department in half
Seattle Police officers are applying to police jobs in other police agencies, according to applications received at police departments in Everett, Federal Way, Renton, and the King County Sheriff's Office.
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KUOW Newsroom
Seattle Schools should be all online in fall, superintendent recommends
The school board will vote on whether to return students to school, or keep them remote next month.
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Coronavirus In Seattle
Coronavirus cases see June, July increases in Seattle and King County
Seattle had its highest number of coronavirus cases last Tuesday, June 30, surpassing the daily totals from earlier in the pandemic.