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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Bridging a vaccine trust gap
Washington's vaccine rollout hasn't been equitable, especially for Black folks. One reason: broken trust between Black communities and the medical system. Today we talk to someone who's trying to rebuild it.
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Grocery workers win hazard pay
The grocery industry is pushing back against Seattle’s temporary four-dollar-an-hour pay hike for some workers. But the union that represents them says it will keep pushing too, to bring the pay bump to more cities. We talk about the push for hazard pay with Seattle Times reporter David Gutman.
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Tiniest farmer on earth?
A story about how massive ant colonies work together to find food, from our friends at KUOW's The Wild podcast.
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Casual Friday with Ishea Brown and Mike Couch
Seattle finally gets some snow, Valentine's Day is nearly here and there's cider drama brewing in Greenwood.
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Voices of the Pandemic
It's been a full year of grief and loss. But also joy, and surprising connections. You’ve been telling us all about it through KUOW's Voices of the Pandemic series.
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Seattle's vaccine snake oil salesman
Before we had effective vaccines against the coronavirus, a Redmond man injected several people with an untested substance that he was advertising as a vaccine. He's now facing jail time. KUOW online editor Liz Brazile has the story.
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Reopening risks
There's a lot more physical gathering going on these days, at places like schools, gyms and restaurants. That doesn't bode well for Covid numbers - but there are ways to limit the risks.
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Didn't we almost have it all
More than 5 million women have lost their jobs since the pandemic began. The number is shocking in itself, but Seattle writer Angela Garbes argues that women have lost far more than a place in the workforce.
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Casual Friday with Chase Burns and Michael-Shawn Dugar
King County enters phase two of the governor's reopening plan, Jeff Bezos announces he's stepping down as Amazon's CEO and we're finally starting to get a little more daylight.
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The vaccine line-jumpers
Washington's vaccine system runs on the honor code. So it's no surprise that some people are exploiting it, and getting vaccines when they aren't eligible.