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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Seattle cop fired over remarks about Indian graduate student’s death
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The Gotta-go-Joe to Pro-Joe meter: Washington state edition
Politicians and political donors spoke up last week about whether they believe President Joe Biden should stay in the race.
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‘I am a gay Latino man,’ says former Seattle Chief Adrian Diaz after stepping down
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Mapped: Shootings around Seattle's Garfield High School this year
In the last year, there have been at least six shootings in and around Garfield High School in Seattle's Central District.
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Trader Joe's is coming to Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood. (Tired moms rejoice)
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Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz is being dismissed
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Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz out; former Sheriff Sue Rahr interim
Updated at 1 p.m. 5/29/2024
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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