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
Podcasts
Stories
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10 Seattle precincts with the most Trump voters
Seattle is a notoriously liberal city where just 8 percent of voters supported President Trump this year – and in 2016.
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Why votes from Wyoming carry more weight than yours
You, the people, do not elect the president of the United States. At least not directly.
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Hindsight 2020: Professors predicted what Trumpism would look like. Here's what they got right
After Donald Trump won the presidential election in 2016, people in liberal areas were in shock – and wondering what a Trump presidency would mean for the country.
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Dental floss and tiny trackers: Surreal photos show hunt for murder hornets
This weekend, on Saturday, scientists launched a "dawn assault" on a murder hornet nest near the Canadian border.
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A King County detective mocked a protester's death online — then his boss took him down
A King County Sheriff’s detective could be terminated for eight social media posts and comments he made over the summer relating to the protests for civil rights and racial justice in Seattle.
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What these Seattle-area kids have to say about online school
There is smoke in the air (visible) and a virus (invisible), and Seattle-area parents are throwing their ALL-CAPS energy at frustrations with online school.
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Dangerous maggot larvae found in apples that Gov. Jay Inslee gifted to wildfire-ravaged town
Over the weekend, Gov. Jay Inslee brought honey crisp apples from his orchard to eastern Washington.
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2,000 have died of coronavirus in Washington state. That's halfway to China's total death toll
According to the latest numbers from the state's Department of Health, Washington has now suffered more than 2,000 deaths related to Covid-19.
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Pier collapses on Seattle waterfront
Pier 58 is next to the Great Wheel, near the Seattle Aquarium.
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1-year-old dies in Washington state fire
The Cold Springs Fire near Omak, Washington, engulfed a Renton family over the weekend, burning the parents and killing their 1-year-old child.