
Isolde Raftery
Managing Editor at KUOW-FM (Seattle, WA)
Online managing editor, KUOW Public Radio | Seattle | [email protected] | 206.616.2035
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Nov 6, 2024 |
kuow.org | Katie Campbell |Isolde Raftery
Lisa Miller, a Trump follower, shows her nails at the WAGOP Election Night Watch Party in Bellevue, WA. Nov. 5, 2024 Juan Pablo Chiquiza Republicans may feel like winners, with former President Donald Trump leading over Vice President Kamala Harris in electoral votes on Election Night. But here in Washington state, candidates who have gone toe-to-toe with Trump were winning or leading their races on Tuesday night.
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Nov 6, 2024 |
m.kuow.org | Katie Campbell |Isolde Raftery
Lisa Miller, a Trump follower, shows her nails at the WAGOP Election Night Watch Party in Bellevue, WA. Nov. 5, 2024 Juan Pablo Chiquiza Republicans may feel like winners, with former President Donald Trump leading over Vice President Kamala Harris in electoral votes on Election Night. But here in Washington state, candidates who have gone toe-to-toe with Trump were winning or leading their races on Tuesday night.
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Nov 1, 2024 |
m.kuow.org | Isolde Raftery
Bob Ferguson with his cat Peter on Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at his home in Northeast Seattle. KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer When it comes to mascots and political parties, we typically think of the donkey for Democrats. But this year, CATS have stolen the show. We see photos of Tim Walz holding his cat Honey, yard signs that say Cats for Kamala … and here in Seattle, a cat who may be more popular than the Democratic candidate for governor. His name is Peter Ferguson.
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Sep 9, 2024 |
kuow.org | Isolde Raftery |Dyer Oxley
Gary Ridgway, known as the Green River Killer, was moved to the King County Jail in Seattle Monday. Ridgway was booked into the King County Jail at 10:42 a.m. Monday, Sept. 9.
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Sep 6, 2024 |
kuow.org | Isolde Raftery
Earlier this week, we published photos of what students at Roosevelt High School wore for the first day of school. Brainstorming a headline, editor Isolde Raftery asked her coworkers for help on Slack, the messaging platform. We wound up with this headline: “First day fits lowkey slapped at Seattle's Roosevelt High,” for which we were mocked on X. Wrote Melissa Santos of Axios: “When local journalism is giving pick-me vibes.”Fair. But what y’all don’t know is how bad it could have been.
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