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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See racial harassment? Say something, on this Seattle hotline
Patricia Lally was on the bus going downtown from her West Seattle home when a man began uttering racially offensive statements. “And I found myself so...
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Rental discrimination is alive and well in oh-so liberal Seattle
When people of color try to rent housing in Seattle, they’re treated differently from white people.
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'Curious timing' as low-income renters lose housing at Kent apartment complex
Some families in an apartment complex in Kent are about to lose their housing. The building owner said he’ll no longer accept housing vouchers that help...
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Four things an anti-racism trainer thinks white people should know
When Reverend David Billings started giving anti-racism trainings in the 1980s, he said many people "just didn't see it." But he said that's not the...
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Rep. Adam Smith 'deeply disturbed' by Trump's National Security pick
U.S. Rep. Adam Smith says he’s deeply disturbed by comments made by President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, Steve Bannon.
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New King County youth jail faces more resistance
Some city and King County leaders are calling for a reappraisal of construction of a new youth jail in Seattle. But they're getting pushback. County...
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Protesters flooded Seattle again. This time they marched for immigrants
The protest was packed before it was scheduled to begin.
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Major gas leak at construction site in University District
Seattle firefighters were called to the scene of a major gas leak early on Friday afternoon in Seattle’s University District.
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King County says it will protect affordable health care if Obamacare repealed
King County Executive Dow Constantine said he’ll fight to keep affordable health care for people currently covered under Obamacare. Constantine held a...
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Princeton prof: Racial equity has to consider poor white people, too
If you’re a person of color in this country, every day you might encounter oppression that remains from systems set in motion hundreds of years ago. The...