Isolde Raftery
Online Managing EditorYear started with KUOW: 2013
Isolde Raftery became the online editor at KUOW in October 2013. Previously, she worked for NBCNews.com and the Columbian and Skagit Valley Herald newspapers here in Washington state. She has also written extensively for The New York Times, where she was a fellow on the Metro desk in 2010, The Chicago Tribune, Seattlepi.com and Seattle Business magazine.
Isolde was promoted to Online Managing Editor in 2018.
Born in Ireland to an Irish dad and a French mom, Isolde grew up mostly in Seattle, where she attended James A. Garfield High School. She later graduated from Barnard College in New York City and received a master's degree in literary nonfiction from the University of Oregon.
To see more of Isolde's KUOW portfolio, visit our current site.
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“Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.” Gunshots, no doubt, J.C. thought. It was 9:49 a.m. on Father’s Day, and he was watching a soccer match on T.V.… -
This may be the most Seattle of problems: people abandoning their bike share rentals on the ferry. Ian Sterling, spokesman for the Washington State… -
Bruce Harrell, president of the Seattle City Council, has been mayor for two days. On Friday, he announced he would not stay on as mayor for two more… -
Amnesty International has asked Northern Ireland's police force to investigate whether former Mayor Ed Murray abused children when he lived there in the… -
Seattle has a new mayor.Mayor Ed Murray tendered his resignation on Tuesday afternoon after a fifth man came forward to say the mayor had abused him as a… -
Three years ago, we ran a story about a little-known traffic tip known as the "zipper merge." In short: Drivers should use all lanes leading up to a merge… -
Even the cynical couldn't resist the eclipse on Monday morning. The temperature dropped precipitously here in Seattle, and the light turned the colors… -
The Seattle Human Rights Commission issued a terse statement on Tuesday afternoon, urging Mayor Ed Murray to resign.Murray has been accused by four men of… -
The first time Ed Murray noticed him — really noticed him — he was 8.“We all walked down to the chow hall. Basically the staff and the kids, and we lined… -
Victor Zerga is a Seattle wedding photographer who specializes in "cultural weddings." He started taking photos with a point-and-shoot camera as a guest…
