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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On this Seattle farm, seniors grow food and community
Turunesh Gura, 78, piled blackberry bushes into a wheelbarrow. She was a farmer with her husband back in Ethiopia. Now an urban farm in south Seattle is...
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King County rolls out Miranda rights tailored for young people
"You have the right to remain silent." Most people can recite at least the first line of the Miranda warning used by police when arresting people. The...
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Appeals court finds that tax formula for new King County youth jail is wrong
A Washington state appeals court ruled Tuesday that King County has been improperly calculating the property taxes it’s using to fund a new courthouse...
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Seattle Police Department doesn't track hate crimes well, says city auditor
A new report says Seattle police may have been underreporting hate crimes. This after Police Department’s own findings showed a substantial increase in...
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King County wants no youth detention. So why is it building a new youth jail?
The excavation work for King County’s new youth jail is done. But with the building’s foundation soon to be laid on East Alder Street, a new report...
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Suggested changes for new youth jail, just as construction begins
Construction has started at the new King County juvenile jail, but politicians and activists are still fighting about it.
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More hate crimes reported in Seattle; people reluctant to call 911
The Seattle Police Department says bias and hate crime reporting continues to rise in Seattle.
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Seahawks' Michael Bennett says Vegas cops assaulted him
Seattle Seahawk Michael Bennett said he has retained an attorney after Las Vegas police assaulted him. In an open letter on Twitter Wednesday morning,...
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Gun violence was endangering teens, so two Federal Way moms stepped in
Last summer, worried parents gathered at Federal Way City Hall. There had been an uptick in violence in the city -- including three gun deaths that May....
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How Trump's tweets could change the lives of transgender military members
Bill Radke talks to reporter Patricia Murphy about what President Trump's tweets on banning transgender people from the military means for people...