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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Eastside Suburb Fights Pot Grow, Says Too Close To School
The King County Council will revisit a proposal Monday on a controversial zoning plan for growing marijuana in unincorporated parts of the county.
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Clallam County Dips Into Reserves For Death Penalty Case
Clallam County has spent nearly a million dollars this year for the retrial of former death row inmate Darold Stenson in the most expensive trial in the...
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Auditor: Property Management Employee Diverted $50K from Snohomish County
An employee of a contractor hired by Snohomish County diverted more than $50,000 from the county’s Housing Authority, the state auditor has determined.
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'I Just Want To Manage My Life': Painkiller Law Leaves Some Patients Behind
Theresa Young, a cancer survivor, could watch the birds outside her Renton apartment for hours. It brings her peace, she says. The birds line up, one at...
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As Real Change Expands to Eastside, Vendors Worry About Stigma
At a day shelter for homeless men in downtown Bellevue, Buddy McArdle was working hard trying to convince the men there to become vendors for Real Change.
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Auditor: Former Head Of Sex Offender Center Should Not Have Profited From Contract
A former superintendent at Washington’s Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island – which houses the state’s most dangerous sex offenders – should not...
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Could Legalized Pot Hurt Washington’s Medical Marijuana Industry?
A year after Washington state voters approved the legalization of recreational marijuana, the licensing process is underway. Starting Monday,...
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State Supreme Court: Accused Police Killer Monfort Could Face Death Penalty
The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled that King County prosecutors can seek the death penalty against accused police killer Christopher Monfort....
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How To Sentence Juvenile Killers? State Supreme Court Weighs 1988 Case
Two men convicted in the grisly slaying of an elderly couple when they were teens could get parole if the state Supreme Court rules in their favor.
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Microsoft Exec: Soldiers Make Great Software Developers
A new program in Lacey, Wash., gives soldiers training and a career track in software development after discharge from the Army.