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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Making A Superhero From Scratch: A Writer’s Origin Story
G. Willow Wilson’s origin story, in a matter of speaking, started in New Jersey on about 3 acres of land surrounded by old-growth woods, where her...
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Seattle's Elysian Brewing Sold To Anheuser-Busch
Elysian Brewing of Seattle – and of deliciously hoppy IPAs – is being sold to Anheuser-Busch, the big beer company headquartered in St. Louis. ...
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'A Death With Dignity' For The Kalakala
It was before dawn on Thursday, and the cold air off the Blair Waterway in Tacoma was damp and penetrating. Karl Anderson, a mustachioed man in his 70s,...
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Lockdown Lifted After Reports Of Gunman At Shoreline Elementary School
Updated at 4:11 p.m., 1/7/2015: Reports of an armed male on school grounds sent Shoreline schools into lockdown on Wednesday morning, said Sergeant DB...
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Hey Siri! Stop Interrupting Our Regular Programming
Dear KUOW listeners, We apologize for the inconvenience several of you experienced recently when listening to a story about distracted driving and Siri,...
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A Few Unforgettable Moments Heard On KUOW This Year
It’s been an incredible year for KUOW reporters.
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A Brief History Of Words Unique To The Northwest
Duff. Fish wheel. Skid Road. Long butt. Few of us here know the Northwest words listed in the Dictionary of American Regional English because they...
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Background Checks, Preschool And Metro Passing
These are the election results as of Wednesday, 4:35 p.m.
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Sheriff: Marysville Shooter Invited Victims To Lunch
Jaylen Fryberg had texted the five friends he shot on Friday to lunch, Snohomish County Sheriff Ty Trenary said on Monday.
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Too Soon? Nick Hanauer Posts Sarcastically, ‘We Need More School Shootings!!!’
Within hours of the school shooting in Marysville that left two students dead – including the shooter – Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer posted a...
