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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Yes, We Bleeped The Word 'Uterus'
Some listeners may have noticed Friday when we bleeped a series of words in a piece on the dairy industry by Anna King of the Northwest News Network....
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Where Do You Pump At Work?
Hey mamas! I'm thinking about putting together a slideshow of spaces where women work. As many of you know, federal law requires that workplaces make...
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Some Charges Dropped Against Accused Massage Parlor Rapist
Prosecutors have dropped four of nine charges against a Seattle attorney accused of raping five women in Asian massage parlors.
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Superheroes V. Anarchists: Police Scanner Tracks Seattle May Day
May Day was supposed to be huge in Seattle this year. Television crews dispatched choppers. Police officers stood at almost every corner, poised for...
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Protesters Clash With Residents In Forks Over Dog Shelter
About 18 months ago, a volunteer at a Forks, Wash., animal sanctuary took photos of the shelter where she worked. She captured grim images of a rundown...
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Boring Bertha Digs Through Layers Of Seattle History
The most plausible theory about what stopped Bertha, the tunneling machine digging its way through downtown until last Saturday, is also the most boring.
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Raise The Roof? Seahawks Fans Shake Ground, Trigger Small Earthquake
Monday night’s Seattle Seahawks game brought a whole new meaning to that gravelly sports rally, “Let’s. Get. Ready to rumbuuuuuul.”
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VIDEO: Technicians Face Fear As They Light Space Needle
Perhaps the most terrifying moment in this video about lighting the Space Needle is when a technician says, “When the weather’s not cooperating, that’s...
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Nan Campbell, Bellevue's First Female Mayor, Dies After Suspicious Fire
When Don Davidson joined the Bellevue City Council in 1984, a fellow council member offered sage advice: “Get along with Nan. It’ll go a long way.”
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What Boeing Machinists' Rejection Means For Labor
In the hours after Boeing machinists overwhelmingly voted down an eight-year contract, a theme emerged: The machinists view themselves as a family that...