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: Casual Friday with Zaki Hamid + Margaret O'Mara
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with Zaki Hamid, co-host of KUOW's "Are We Going to Be Okay?" series and University of Washington history professor Margaret O'Mara.
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Seattle Now: Power shift in the gig economy
Covid has upended the economy, even the gig economy, and some of the changes are here to stay.
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Seattle Now: Making the most of takeout
Restaurants who want to survive the pandemic have had to switch it up for take out. And a lot of them have gotten pretty great at it.
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Seattle Now: Murder charge for Auburn cop
King County is putting a new state law to the test by charging an Auburn Police Officer with murder. It's only the third time a case like this has been brought since the 1930s.
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Seattle Now: 'Phase 2 wasn't a big success'
If we ever hope to get back to school, and the movies and all the other things we want to do we need to take steps now to slow COVID-19 transmission. Because flu season is coming.
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Seattle Now: Casual Friday with Keita Williams & Eric Rivera
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with Keita Williams Founder and Chief Strategist of Success Bully and Eric Rivera, chef and owner of Addo in Ballard. Support the show by making a gift to KUOW: bit.ly/seattlenow
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Seattle Now: How we can fix the pandemic
The US response to the Covid pandemic was an epic failure. But it's not too late
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Seattle Now: Pod's in session
Seattle Public Schools students are headed back to remote class in just over two weeks. But without a formal plan from the district, some parents are thinking about alternatives. One idea: in-person "learning pods." Seattle Times columnist Naomi Ishisaka tells us about how some families are preparing.
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Seattle Now: Post office drama hits Washington
The Postal Service is locked in a political drama over access to mail in ballots. What does it mean for Washington voters?
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What's the plan for all these empty offices?
Offices all over the city are sitting empty while workers Zoom from home in their shorts. So what’s going to happen to all that space? We'll ask Seattle Times real estate reporter Katherine Khashimova Long.