Patricia Murphy
Host
About
Patricia Murphy is the host of Seattle Now, a daily news podcast.
Her interviews focus on experts and newsmakers. Previously, you could find Patricia on the beat reporting on military and veteran affairs, justice, and health.
In 2018 Patricia received a regional Edward R. Murrow award for a series about the motivations of young people who carry guns. In 2005 she received a national Edward R. Murrow award for her reporting on injection drug use.
Though her first job in news was throwing hard copies of the Sunday paper from her bike, Patricia also graduated from Emerson College with a B.S. in Communications.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: Dart Center, Ochberg Society for Trauma Journalism
Podcasts
Stories
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Seattle city departments blew off this racial equity work — why?
In 2014 Mayor Ed Murray ordered all City of Seattle departments to apply a racial equity lens to their work. But an examination by KUOW shows the...
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Public health to oversee King County youth detention
King County Executive Dow Constantine is making a change he says will help the county with its effort to dramatically reduce the practice of detaining...
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Why King County no longer prosecutes kids who beat their parents
Vicky used to hide the knives in her home, but not because of the ex-husband who she says was abusive. She was being beaten by her 13-year-old son.
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King County will stop putting youths in adult jail
Youth charged as adults in King County will no longer be detained at the Regional Justice Center in Kent.
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Teens in adult jail violates civil rights, Seattle lawsuit contends
A federal lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a group of four young people currently being detained at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent....
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On this Seattle farm, seniors grow food and community
Turunesh Gura, 78, piled blackberry bushes into a wheelbarrow. She was a farmer with her husband back in Ethiopia. Now an urban farm in south Seattle is...
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King County rolls out Miranda rights tailored for young people
"You have the right to remain silent." Most people can recite at least the first line of the Miranda warning used by police when arresting people. The...
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Appeals court finds that tax formula for new King County youth jail is wrong
A Washington state appeals court ruled Tuesday that King County has been improperly calculating the property taxes it’s using to fund a new courthouse...
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Seattle Police Department doesn't track hate crimes well, says city auditor
A new report says Seattle police may have been underreporting hate crimes. This after Police Department’s own findings showed a substantial increase in...
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King County wants no youth detention. So why is it building a new youth jail?
The excavation work for King County’s new youth jail is done. But with the building’s foundation soon to be laid on East Alder Street, a new report...