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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The City of Seattle promised last month that it would stop banking with Wells Fargo, because the bank pledged hundreds of millions in loan money to build… -
It’s not often that we look back on ugly times in our nation’s history. We’re not very good at that as Americans.But the Japanese internment has been… -
If you've lived in Seattle for a long time, you know that snow is unusual, and increasingly so. We looked at weather records and found that the 10… -
There is almost nothing so special as a snowy day in Seattle. They are rare, about once every other year, and when they hit, the city shuts down. As it… -
[asset-audio[{"description": "KUOW's Liz Jones reports on how attorneys and elected officials descended on Sea-Tac Airport on Saturday as word spread… -
It's official: Seattle plans to be the first city in the United States to open a site for users to inject illegal drugs – without police… -
Seattle firefighters were called to the scene of a major gas leak early on Friday afternoon in Seattle’s University District.The leak was reported at… -
Trump Hotels said this week that it plans to build a luxury hotel in Seattle, according to Bloomberg.This announcement came as President Donald Trump… -
Update: Seattle Mayor Ed Murray says Seattle is willing to risk money to stick to its principles.Six days in to his presidency, Donald Trump made good on… -
Editor's note: Some protest signs may be a little too, er, brazen for some.“There will be hell toupée.”“Hell yes, we’re ovary-reacting.”“Golden rule not…
