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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Algae Bloom Hits Dungeness Crabbers Hard On Washington Coast
TOKELAND, Wash. – Tom Petersen’s 50-foot crab boat sits idly in the Port of Willapa Harbor, a tiny coastal inlet 40 or so miles north of the mouth of the Columbia River.
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Sex And Babies: Why 4 Justices Opposed Gay Marriage
Not everyone was waving the rainbow flag on Friday morning. Certainly not the four dissenting justices who opposed same-sex marriage. The justices --...
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Mariners Join Seattle Pride Parade For First Time
Members of the Seattle Mariners franchise – including the moose! – will march in the Pride Parade for the first time on Sunday. About 30 staffers will...
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What Being American Means In Seattle
"I wanted to feel I belong." On Sunday, KUOW partnered with CityClub, Citizen University and One America to celebrate citizenship and civic life at City...
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Carnation Family's Killer Dodges Death Penalty
A King County jury has sentenced Joseph McEnroe, who killed his ex-girlfriend's family in Carnation, Washington, to life in prison. McEnroe had...
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Are Parents Today More Mindful Or Paranoid?
You were probably a free-range kid. You rode your bike around the neighborhood and walked to school alone. Your parents warned of the dangers – which...
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Most-Read Books At The Seattle Public Library
We’re always looking for good book recommendations, which is why you often hear librarian Nancy Pearl on KUOW. That's why, ahead of summer reading...
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‘Don’t Go There’: Seattle Sherpa Keeps Returning To Everest
Months after Lhakpa Gelu Sherpa’s oldest brother died climbing in the Himalayas, Lhakpa Gelu determined that he would summit a Himalayan peak. His...
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Seattle Can't Cut Fluoride Level In Water, At Least For Now
Fluoride levels in water should be reduced, a federal agency said this week – but don’t expect a decrease from taps in Seattle anytime soon. Until the...
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Northwest Church Shopping: 'It's Kind Of Like Going On A Date'
At Greater Trinity Missionary Baptist Church in Everett, Karen Shiveley sat alone in a pew, waiting to meet the pastor. The 67-year-old was smartly...
