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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Seattle Police must report what it’s doing to hire women: City Council resolution
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Melinda French Gates to leave Gates Foundation; will pivot to gender equality
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An old horse named Razzle Dazzle and a loaf of white bread: Inside the runaway zebra rescue
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THE ZEBRA IS A SHE-BRA. Does the North Bend ‘stallion’ just want to be free?
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Seattle mayor taps outside investigator to address Seattle Police sexism claims
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KUOW lays off 8 staffers, ends RadioActive youth program
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‘That’s not nice!’ Brown bear eats entire family of ducks in front of kids at Seattle zoo
Juniper is a 2-year-old brown bear at the Woodland Park Zoo, a large blonde girl described as sassy and mischievous by her keepers. Last week, Juniper became TikTok famous for being, well, a bear. Here’s what happened.
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Seattle cop accuses Chief Diaz of ‘predatory behavior’ and ‘grooming’
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Former Seattle mayor’s son arrested for child porn possession
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Where to find original Cadbury chocolate in Seattle – and why it’s so hard to find