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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Here's how big Saturday's women's march in Seattle was: The front reached Seattle Center (the end) before the back had left Judkins Park (the start).… -
Seattle’s mommy networks lit up this week with a question: Is it safe to bring our babies to the Womxn’s March on Saturday?Several worried they would be… -
On the eve of the Trump administration, we asked you to write your loved ones. These are those letters.Dear son,I'm sorry we find ourselves on opposite… -
To our listeners and readers:On the eve of the Trump presidency, we will be publishing letters from you to a loved one. Would you join us?You can love… -
Updated 8:42 p.m.A fire burned down most of a mosque in Bellevue early on Saturday morning, just one day after a man was charged with a hate crime for… -
In the last few years, we've become more visual here at KUOW. Maybe that's ironic, because we're a radio station, and we don't have a professional… -
“Not Trump.”The Democrats caucusing in Moses Lake, in rural Washington state, could agree on that.When it came time to elect a delegate, a young woman… -
Last week on KUOW, you heard the beautiful and heartbreaking story of Lucia Neare.Neare was an orphan who became an artist who specializes in large-scale… -
In journalism, we avoid wonk.Which is why we at KUOW discussed whether to use the term “alt-right.” Mainstream news sites have plugged it into headlines,… -
Iesha Gray called it the drought.One month back from maternity leave, her breasts were empty. No more milk. Her baby girl at home was drinking her way…
