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
Stories
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KUOW Blog
Sunshine and warm weather arrive in Seattle, along with allergy season
The sun is peeking out for St. Patrick's day and highs Saturday are expected to top 60 degrees. But the leprechaun brought a trick with his sun-shining pot of gold. The weather is triggering the beginning of allergy season.
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KUOW Blog
Northern and southern resident orcas hunt differently. New study could help orca numbers
According to a new study from the University of Washington and NOAA Fisheries, northern and southern resident orcas, who live in the Salish Sea have different fish hunting patterns.
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KUOW Blog
Train derails near Anacortes, spills up to 3,100 gallons of diesel
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KUOW Newsroom
'Sacred ground': Why Camp Minidoka's survivors say 'no' to this windfarm
Many Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during World War 2 at a federal camp in Minidoka, Idaho are opposing a wind farm project near the campsite. Over 13,000 people were imprisoned there, many were from the Seattle area.
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KUOW Newsroom
WSU uses corn tech to make advanced air filter
Scientists from Washington State University have found a way to create more sustainable, and efficient, air filters. It turns out, corn was the key.
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KUOW Blog
Youth cannabis vaping is highest in states where weed is only medically legal, study says
Rates of youth cannabis vaping are highest in states where only medical marijuana is legal, according to a new study out of Washington State University.
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KUOW Newsroom
Amazon wants employees back at the office, announces hybrid plan
Amazon is the latest Seattle-area company to shift its work plans and order employees back into its offices under a hybrid home-remote model.
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KUOW Blog
Turkish Americans in Washington state raise money for earthquake victims
A Seattle group has been so overwhelmed by donations to Turkey and Syria in the wake of Monday's devastating earthquake that the group now says it is accepting financial donations only.
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KUOW Newsroom
Turkey's fault line is similar to faults under Puget Sound
Harold Tobin, a researcher at the University of Washington and director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, says the fault line that caused earthquake that shook southern Turkey near the Turkish-Syrian border and killed more than 7,000 people is similar to the faults under Puget Sound.
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KUOW Newsroom
Healing generational trauma of Japanese Americans through art
This month marks the 81st anniversary of Executive Order 9066, the World War II order that forcibly removed Japanese Americans on the West Coast and placed them into camps. Many of those who were incarcerated held American citizenship.