Isolde Raftery
Interim Managing Editor
About
Isolde Raftery has been the Interim Managing Editor 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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Republican health care bill, short of votes, is withdrawn
House Republicans, short of votes, withdrew their health care bill on Friday afternoon, just before it was supposed to go to the floor. The bill was...
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If WA doesn’t require paid family leave, Seattle may try
Some states have paid family leave. Not Washington, though. That could change.
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Muslim teen found hanged in woods hadn't attended school for 3 weeks
Police continue to investigate the death of a Muslim teenager who was found hanging from a high branch in the woods north of Seattle.
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What other banks are loaning money to the Dakota Access Pipeline?
The City of Seattle promised last month that it would stop banking with Wells Fargo, because the bank pledged hundreds of millions in loan money to...
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Rare, haunting photos from the Japanese internment
It’s not often that we look back on ugly times in our nation’s history. We’re not very good at that as Americans. But the Japanese internment has been...
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PHOTOS: Old school Seattle in snow, failing at driving
If you've lived in Seattle for a long time, you know that snow is unusual, and increasingly so.
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How pretty you are in snow today, Seattle
There is almost nothing so special as a snowy day in Seattle. They are rare, about once every other year, and when they hit, the city shuts down.
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Roller coaster of heartbreak and fury at Sea-Tac in wake of Trump order
When officials at Sea-Tac International Airport got wind of President Donald Trump’s latest order, it came like a slap in the face. It was just before...
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Seattle will be first in nation with site for legal heroin use
It's official: Seattle plans to be the first city in the United States to open a site for users to inject illegal drugs – without police intervention.
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Major gas leak at construction site in University District
Seattle firefighters were called to the scene of a major gas leak early on Friday afternoon in Seattle’s University District.
