Isolde Raftery
Online Editor
About
Isolde Raftery is online managing editor at KUOW. She was tapped as the station's first online editor in 2013 and was promoted in 2018.
Previously, she worked for NBCNews.com and the Columbian and Skagit Valley Herald newspapers here in Washington state. She has also written extensively for The New York Times, where she was a fellow on the Metro desk in 2010, The Chicago Tribune, Seattlepi.com and Seattle Business magazine. Born in Ireland to an Irish dad and a French mom, Isolde grew up mostly in 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.
To see more for Isolde's past KUOW work, visit our archive site.
Stories
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This is Jane, and this is her delightful Instagram feed. (You’re welcome.)
Meet Jane. She is 22 years old, has Down syndrome (she's proud of that extra chromosome) and has one of the most seriously LOL but also inspiring Insta accounts we’ve encountered. So we’re sharing with you, because this made us chin up and remember that not all is gray in the world.
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10 sea lions have been shot to death: What we know and don’t know
On Thanksgiving Day, a sea lion carcass was found in West Seattle, its decomposing body resting against the Water Taxi dock. A necropsy found that it had been shot five times with two types of bullets. This was one of 10 sea lions that have been shot and killed in Puget Sound this season.
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Aloha? No, sorry, that was Algona. Those potato chips are not Hawaiian
A man has sued the maker of Hawaiian Snacks potato chips after learning that they are made in Algonoa, Washington. Not Hawaii.
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Starbucks to lay off 350 employees at Seattle headquarters
The news was emailed to staff just half an hour before Amazon announced its new major locations.
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If California ditches daylight saving time, will Washington be in a different time zone?
By approving Prop. 7 on election day, 60 percent of Californians voted to do away with clock-changing altogether. That means the state would be on daylight savings all year long. They would never fall back or spring forward again.
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The appeal of Crystal City and other finalists for Amazon HQ2
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Dear new Amazon city
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Some Seattle school PTAs can afford extra teachers. Should they spread the wealth?
Roosevelt High School in north Seattle is a fundraising machine. The school’s fundraising groups have $3.5 million in assets. Its foundation has paid for MacBooks, microscopes, professional cameras — and a bear costume that cost $1,250.
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‘Don't go to a hotel room’ with a drunk man. Councilmember Kathy Lambert’s full KUOW interview
The King County Council member took issue with a KUOW story about a campaign event for Sen. Joe Fain this past Sunday, during which she was interviewed. Here's the full transcript of that interview.
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9 law experts on what Brett Kavanaugh means for the future of America
“The federal judiciary will increasingly be the place where the rich and powerful go to protect their wealth and power.”