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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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.
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Trump Hotels might try to build the tallest building in Seattle
Trump Hotels said this week that it plans to build a luxury hotel in Seattle, according to Bloomberg.
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Seattle to Trump: We will not be bullied
Update: Seattle Mayor Ed Murray says Seattle is willing to risk money to stick to its principles. Six days in to his presidency, Donald Trump made good...
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Seattle women brought it with these sassy protest signs
Editor's note: Some protest signs may be a little too, er, brazen for some. “There will be hell toupée.” “Hell yes, we’re ovary-reacting.” “Golden rule...
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Huge crowd for women's march buries route through Seattle
Here's how big Saturday's women's march in Seattle was: The front reached Seattle Center (the end) before the back had left Judkins Park (the start)....
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Is it safe to bring kids to Seattle's womxn's march?
Seattle’s mommy networks lit up this week with a question: Is it safe to bring our babies to the Womxn’s March on Saturday ?
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Dear Son, I'm sorry you like Trump. And other letters to loved ones
On the eve of the Trump administration, we asked you to write your loved ones. These are those letters.
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Write a letter to a loved one before Trump is president
To our listeners and readers: On the eve of the Trump presidency, we will be publishing letters from you to a loved one. Would you join us? You can love...
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Mosque burns in Bellevue; police arrest homeless man for arson
Updated 8:42 p.m. A fire burned down most of a mosque in Bellevue early on Saturday morning, just one day after a man was charged with a hate crime for...
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Hit of nostalgia: KUOW's year in photos
In the last few years, we've become more visual here at KUOW.
