Isolde Raftery
Managing Editor
About
Isolde Raftery has been the Managing Editor at KUOW since 2024. Previously at KUOW, she was online managing editor, investigations team editor, and web editor.
She has reported for NBCNews.com, The New York Times (where she was a fellow on the Metro desk), and the Columbian and Skagit Valley Herald newspapers here in Washington state.
Isolde attended James A. Garfield High School in Seattle and later graduated from Barnard College in New York City. She received a Master's degree in Literary Nonfiction from the University of Oregon.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, French
Pronouns: she/her
Stories
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'Alexa, make an elephant sneeze noise.'
I debated whether to share this fart story with you, because farts are – unfairly, in my opinion – maligned as juvenile and bad manners. But I decided...
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‘Alexa, make a fart noise.’ (Yes, this includes audio)
I debated whether to share this fart story with you, because farts are – unfairly, in my opinion – maligned as juvenile and bad manners. But I decided...
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Mayor Murray spokesman has abuse, sexual harassment allegations in his past, too
Benton Strong, the spokesman who stood by embattled Mayor Ed Murray to the end, has been revealed to have a checkered past of his own.
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Is this public service or public shaming?
In the photo above — posted by the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office on Facebook and Twitter this week – a man sits on the ground after being Tased by...
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Through the peephole: What Charleena Lyles’ neighbor saw
“Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.” Gunshots, no doubt, J.C. thought.
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Don’t leave bike shares on ferries. The Coast Guard will think you’ve drowned
This may be the most Seattle of problems: people abandoning their bike share rentals on the ferry.
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Harrell passes on mayor job, which means Seattle will have four mayors this year
Bruce Harrell, president of the Seattle City Council, has been mayor for two days.
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Investigate Ed Murray, Amnesty International asks Northern Ireland police
Amnesty International has asked Northern Ireland's police force to investigate whether former Mayor Ed Murray abused children when he lived there in the...
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Seattle ushers in new mayor after Murray resignation
Seattle has a new mayor.
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3 driving tips to make Seattle traffic slightly less awful
Three years ago, we ran a story about a little-known traffic tip known as the "zipper merge." In short: Drivers should use all lanes leading up to a...
