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
-
Seattle Now: Preparing for the third wave
Scientists have been warning about a devastating fall surge in Covid cases for months. Now that the third wave is upon us, what can we do to steel ourselves for a hard winter?
-
Seattle Now: Casual Friday with Melanie McFarland and Zaki Hamid
Another week, another shot of making sense of what life is like right now with TV critic for Salon.com Melanie McFarland and KUOW's director of Community Engagement Zaki Hamid.
-
Seattle Now: It's mushroom season
We have a special episode for you today. We actually recorded last year before we were a show. It’s about mushrooms and the bumper crop we received last year.
-
Seattle Now: Trump's refusal to concede
President Trump has refused to concede the election and allow President Elect Biden to start the transition process. Today, we ask what history can tell us about what will happen next.
-
Seattle Now: Minimizing our Covid risk this winter
Coronavirus cases are surging nationwide, with more than 100,000 new cases daily. Here in Washington, Seattle is a hot spot. Winter is drawing us indoors and, as pandemic fatigue sets in, people are taking more risks with Covid exposure. The freshly-elected Biden-Harris administration says tackling the pandemic is a top priority. But personal responsibility is critical too, and there’s a lot of conflicting advice how to stay safe in this third wave of Coronavirus.
-
Seattle Now: Reconciling our differences
Joe Biden may be the President Elect, but he’ll be leading a deeply divided country. Before we reconcile our differences we need to take a hard look at why they exist in the first place.
-
Seattle Now: Casual Friday with Tan Vinh and Casey Martin
Seattle Times Food writer Tan Vinh and KUOW's Casey Martin process a chaotic election week with Patricia Murphy.
-
Seattle Now: An uncertain election and polarized politics in Mason county
Mason County is just South of Bremerton on the Kitsap Peninsula and it's one of the most purple areas in the state. KUOW’s Joshua McNichols visited when the results of the Presidential election remained uncertain but the country’s polarized politics became clearer than ever.
-
Seattle Now: WA's election results
We’re still on tenterhooks waiting for the results of the presidential election, but lots of races in Washington have already been called. Today on the show: five things you need to know about Washington's results.
-
Seattle Now: How to cope with election anxiety
Here we are on election day, but rarely in this country has it felt so loaded. Political divisions, the pandemic and above all the uncertainty of the future. So we called up Seattle therapist Roy Fisher to get some ideas about how to get through the election and whatever happens next.