Natalie Akane Newcomb
Announcer / Producer
About
Natalie is a recent graduate from Washington State University. She started writing radio features at her high school’s radio station 889 TheBridge and soon thereafter participated in RadioActive's summer 2016 workshop.
At WSU Natalie worked with Northwest Public Broadcasting where she was the Morning Edition producer, and an On-Air host. Last summer, she helped cover the BLM protests in Spokane and Pullman. She also had the privilege of working with the KUOW newsroom, and did a story for the “Voices of the Pandemic” series.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, Japanese, conversational Chinese
Pronouns: she/her
Podcasts
Stories
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'I thought he was dead.' Crabbing crew recount dramatic rescue off Washington coast
Marcus Cole, the co-owner of the crabbing vessel "Lady Nancy," has been fishing the waters off the coast of Washington state since 1999. Monday morning, he and his crew heard a distress call from a boat called the Abby C. The coordinates placed them near the entrance of Grays Harbor.
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Investigating Tacoma's ICE detention center under the Trump administration
A new KUOW documentary, "Inside ICE Detention," follow's one detainee's experience while she was held at Tacoma's immigration detention center.
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Seattle Mariners' historic season ends in a dramatic Game 7 loss
The Seattle Mariner's historic 2025 season officially has come to an end.
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Can fall 2025 get Washington out of its dry streak?
As Washington approaches the end of the current water year, one thing is certain: It's dry out there, and it will take a lot of rain to turn things around.
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Labubu bust: Over $500k worth of counterfeit 'Lafufu' dolls recovered in Seattle
Customs and Border Protection officers recently seized more than 11,000 counterfeit Labubu dolls valued at approximately $513,000 from Sea-Tac airport.
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Read in Japanese: Why Ichiro 'was everything' to Seattle Mariners fans
シアトルT-モバイル・パークにマリナーズの歴史を彩った名選手を称える新たな記念プレートが登場した。さらに来年には、銅像建立の計画も発表された。 その選手は世界が誇る鈴木イチロー氏だ。
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Why Ichiro 'was everything' to Seattle Mariners fans
T-Mobile Park is sporting some new bling: A freshly unveiled plaque celebrating one of the most beloved Seattle Mariners of all time. The team retired Ichiro Suzuki’s number on Saturday — and sent the Hall of Fame outfielder off with a great big love fest from Seattle.
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This colorful mystery of Ancient Egypt was just solved in Washington state
Scientists at Washington State University not only discovered how to recreate the color known as "Egyptian Blue," they also found this ancient pigment has potential modern uses that its inventors may not have realized.
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UW president warns of budget crisis, potential layoffs
During a virtual town hall meeting Wednesday, University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce said funding cuts from both the state and federal government are putting the UW in a budget crisis comparable to the Great Recession of 2008.
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Guns killed 3 Tacoma teens in a week. The community must ‘dig in,’ school board president says
At least seven teenagers in Tacoma and elsewhere in Pierce County have died from gun violence this year. Three of those teens were killed in a week.