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 Now: Covid on Greek Row
Classes at the University of Washington are mostly remote this quarter. But the UW is facing an a Coronavirus outbreak in 15 fraternities and sororities.
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Seattle Now: The trauma of Covid
If you’ve been really tired lately, or maybe losing track of details you’d normally remember, it's not just "Covid brain." You might have pandemic trauma.
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Seattle Now: The Future of Work
Coronavirus is re-shaping the way we work for the long term. Starbucks told its Seattle headquarters staff they will be working remotely for the next year.
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Seattle Now: Trump's Seattle strategy
President Trump is still using Seattle as a bogeyman in his campaign. What's the point, and why does this tactic work?
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Seattle Now: Casual Friday with Zaki Hamid + Molly Wizenberg
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with KUOW's Director of Community Engagement Zaki Hamid and local author and podcast host Molly Wizenberg.
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Seattle Now: Millennials heat up Seattle housing market
Seattle-area house prices are the fastest rising of any city in the country, after Phoenix. Despite the pandemic, millennials are escaping their apartments and making the move to home ownership.
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Seattle Now: Who is Loren Culp?
Jay Inslee's Republican challenger is new to Washington politics, but he's found a groundswell of support from conservatives. So who is he, and what does his run mean for the state?
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Seattle Now: A $100m dilemma for communities of color
Today marks four months of Black Lives Matter protests in Seattle. A lot has happened during that time.
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Seattle Now: Can technology get more people to wear masks?
Wearing a mask is mandatory in a lot of public places these days. But you probably won’t get in trouble if you don’t mask up.
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Seattle Now: Casual Friday with Keita Williams and Megan McNally
Fall arrived in the anarchist jurisdiction this week, and the city council continued it's clash with Mayor Durkan over the police department's budget. Success Bully Keita Williams and F Bomb Breakfast Club founder Megan McNally are here to break it down with us.