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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Series of sexual assaults hit UW campus
There's been a spate of rapes and sexual assaults on the University of Washington campus, although police do not believe these incidents are related....
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This is Donald Trump and his wife Phyllis
Donald L. Trump of Des Moines, Washington, doesn’t have a red cap. “I don’t have the hair, the money or the big mouth,” he says.
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14 top political donors in Washington state and what they support
The task seemed simple: Find top political donors in Washington state. Turns out following the money in Washington state is nearly impossible. Try...
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Body Parts Found In Central District Recycling Bin
Seattle police are investigating the discovery of suspected human remains – including a foot with toenail polish – found in a recycling bin outside a...
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PHOTOS: 17 Fantastical Murals Rise Up From Greenwood Explosion
In the early hours of March 9, an explosion rocked Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood.
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Washington Charter Schools Stay Open As Inslee Refuses To Veto Bill
Charter schools can continue to operate in Washington state, after all. Gov. Jay Inslee announced Friday that he would not veto a bill saving the...
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2 Cases Of Racist Graffiti Hit Seattle This Week
In Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood last week, Denise Madden walked out of her house and saw that someone had spray painted a racial slur on her family...
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How To Talk Beer In Washington State (If You're A Politician)
If Larry Adams, a bartender at Blue Moon Tavern, were serving Bernie Sanders, he’d give him cider. A can of Schilling, because that’s what they have...
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Bernie Or Hillary? This Quiz Will Help You Decide
How could Democrats be undecided at this point in the presidential race?
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Help Washington Raucous The Caucus
Dear friends in other states, Caucuses tend to be an awkward affair in oh-so-polite Washington state, where ours is scheduled for March 26. So we need...
