Seattle Now: Phone Rome
Governor Inslee pointed to the outbreak in Italy as one reason for new restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus here. What lessons does Rome have for Seattle?
Guest: Tiffany Parks, Seattle expat now living in Rome and co-host of The Bittersweet Life podcast
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Patricia Murphy
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Patricia Murphy is an award-winning radio journalist who has covered justice, public health, military and veterans affairs for 20 years. She’s currently the host of KUOW’s daily news podcast, Seattle Now. Her reporting has been recognized with an Edward R. Murrow Award for a 2005 documentary on IV drug use, and an Excellence in Health Care Journalism Award from the Association of Healthcare Journalists for a 2011 collaboration with the Seattle Times about chronic orthopedic injuries in the military. A 2018 series focusing on narratives of young people who carry guns won a regional Edward R. Murrow award for Excellence in Innovation. She’s also a member of the Dart Society -- a network of journalists who cover trauma, conflict and social injustice. Patricia is a graduate of Boston’s Emerson College and a native of Clifton, New Jersey, where her first job was delivering The Herald News on her bicycle.
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