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: Rent's due
Tomorrow is the first of May, and for millions of people in Washington, that means rent is due. For many hit by the economic shutdown, it's money they don't have.
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Seattle Now: Healing the healers
As the infection curve flattens, attention is turning to the doctors and nurses who have been on the front lines. We talk with KUOW reporter Deborah Wang about how Seattle's healthcare workers are dealing with the strain of a pandemic.
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Seattle Now: How's that vaccine coming along?
When it comes to the coronavirus, testing is the key to the now but a vaccine is the key to the future. We talk with KUOW reporter David Hyde about the people here in Seattle who are working hard to get that done.
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Seattle Now: Checking in
We've been on top of the curve-flattening. Can we keep it up? We check in with state medical officer Dr. Kathy Lofy about the latest on testing and what needs to happen before we can start to get back to things.
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Seattle Now: The waiting place
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with APM senior editor Phyllis Fletcher and Keita Williams, founder and chief strategist of Success Bully.
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Seattle Now: No lentils for you
The pandemic is throwing a wrench in the agriculture system that takes food from the field to your local grocery store. We dive into why you might be seeing empty shelves at the supermarket, and the effect Covid-19 is having on farm workers.
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Seattle Now: A spike in cases among Seattle's homeless
The number of coronavirus cases is flattening overall, but they're on the rise in Seattle's unsheltered community. Seattle Times reporter Sydney Brownstone breaks it down for us.
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Seattle Now: Hard choices
Until there's a cure for coronavirus, we'll have to balance public health against the economy. What are we willing to trade off?
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Seattle Now: Testing our way out
How do we begin to leave behind a general stay-home order and get back to work without another spike in infections? One key step: being able to test a lot more people for coronavirus.
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Seattle Now: 'The before times'
Another week, another shot at making sense of what life is like now with Luke Burbank and Andrew Walsh from the TBTL podcast. We want to hear how your life has been changed by coronavirus. Tell us your stories: Text "WORK" to 206-926-9955 Email us: seattlenow@kuow.org Support the show by making a gift to KUOW: http://bit.ly/seattlenow