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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‘We want youth out of the criminal justice system’
“April, do you think youth easily get away with committing crimes? “In certain cases, yes, because adults think that we’re still learning right from...
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How do Seattle youth feel about a President Trump? Disbelief, stress, and for some, relief
"The day of the election, I felt like I was not wanted in this country. Period." "Trump actually, I believe, cares about people." "It is real. This is...
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Depression in 7th grade: 'I want to die but if I could get help that would be awesome'
Sam, 17, has a bright smile and is always making her friends laugh. But in seventh grade, Sam struggled. She was trying to figure out her role in the...
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Who dressed you this morning?
Did you dress yourself this morning, or did an entire industry? Today, RadioActive's Surya Hendry and Natalie Newcomb phone fashion professors, scroll...
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Meet the new generation of radio journalists!
Summer has started, which means there are now eight new RadioActive journalists at KUOW. Natalie and Brian took up the first podcast for this group and...