Isolde Raftery
Online Managing Editor
About
Isolde Raftery has been the investigations editor at KUOW since 2022. Previously, she was the station's online managing editor.
She has worked for NBCNews.com, The New York Times (where she was a fellow on the Metro desk in 2010), and the Columbian and Skagit Valley Herald newspapers here in Washington state.
Born in Ireland to an Irish dad and a French mom, Isolde grew up in Dublin, Paris and 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.
You can send her tips and story ideas via email or, more privately, by Instagram direct message @isoldedenise.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, French
Pronouns: she/her
Stories
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Assistant chief with Seattle Police put on leave, reasons unclear
Updated 4:15 p.m. on 5/24/2024.
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Seattle Police must report what it’s doing to hire women: City Council resolution
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Melinda French Gates to leave Gates Foundation; will pivot to gender equality
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An old horse named Razzle Dazzle and a loaf of white bread: Inside the runaway zebra rescue
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THE ZEBRA IS A SHE-BRA. Does the North Bend ‘stallion’ just want to be free?
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Seattle mayor taps outside investigator to address Seattle Police sexism claims
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KUOW lays off 8 staffers, ends RadioActive youth program
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‘That’s not nice!’ Brown bear eats entire family of ducks in front of kids at Seattle zoo
Juniper is a 2-year-old brown bear at the Woodland Park Zoo, a large blonde girl described as sassy and mischievous by her keepers. Last week, Juniper became TikTok famous for being, well, a bear. Here’s what happened.
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Seattle cop accuses Chief Diaz of ‘predatory behavior’ and ‘grooming’
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Former Seattle mayor’s son arrested for child porn possession