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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Northwest Asian Weekly going online only, ceasing print operations
Northwest Asian Weekly will cease printing newspapers, and will convert to an online-only model. The Seattle Chinese Post will shutter both print and online operations.
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Twitter faces eviction in Seattle
According to the Puget Sound Business Journal, the social media company stopped paying rent at its Seattle office. Now the company is facing eviction from the Century Square Tower in downtown Seattle.
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Is your Christmas tree losing needles a little early?
Is your Christmas tree already shedding needles? If so, you might be able to blame climate change for that.
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Remote learning options mean no more snow days for Seattle schools
As Seattle Public Schools students prepare to go on winter break (next week), they are being told to make sure they take their laptops and other electronic school devices home with them. The main reason is because school officials want students to switch to remote learning if snow cancels in-person classes.
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WA AG orders DIY rape kit company to stop sales in the state
The Washington State Attorney General's Office has issued a cease-and-desist letter to the company Leda Health regarding its marketing and distribution of so-called "early evidence" rape kits and its suite of services.
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'Everybody put their hearts on the field,' as the Mariners' playoff run ends
The six-plus hour long game was one of the longest playoff games ever played. But fans were willing to wait; they waited for the Mariners to return to the playoffs for 21 years.
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DIY rape kits are gaining popularity on college campuses. But are they reliable?
Commercially sold, do-it-yourself sexual assault kits are gaining popularity on college campuses. Makers of the kits have marketed them as an alternative option to sexual assault kits conducted in a hospital setting. But health officials and some sexual assault advocacy groups say the kits stand to create more problems than they solve, and are warning people not to use them.
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Fall semester is underway. That's when most campus sexual assaults happen
The window between the start of fall semester and Thanksgiving break is what advocates against sexual violence refer to as the "red zone." More than half of all campus sexual assaults occur during this period, according to the sexual assault advocacy group Shattering the Silence.
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Puget Sound Energy bills are about to rise
Puget Sound Energy is telling customers they will likely see higher energy bills in the coming months, starting with gas customers.
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New memorial honors Japanese Americans incarcerated at the Washington State Fairgrounds
Over 7,500 Japanese Americans were incarcerated at the Washington State fairgrounds during World War II. A new memorial seeks to honor them.