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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Arts & Life
Crowds of costumed crazies take a slightly less freezing plunge in Seattle to mark 2024
Brave Seattleites jumped into Lake Washington New Year's Day for the annual Polar Bear Plunge! Organizers estimated about 2,000 people crowded along the shore of Matthews Beach in North Seattle as they got ready to run into the water.
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Environment
It's getting quieter in Puget Sound and easier for orcas to find dinner
Orca conservation groups are thanking commercial ships and other big vessels for slowing down around endangered southern resident killer whales.
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Crime
DNA testing identifies teen victim of Green River Killer 4 decades later
Four decades after her teenage daughter's disappearance, one mother is finally getting answers to the questions that have plagued her for years.
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Law & Courts
NAACP leader reflects on not guilty verdicts in death of Manuel Ellis
Sheley Secrest was in the courtroom when the verdict was read.
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Health
New infection-resistant, 3-D printed metal implants and the science power couple behind them
More than 100,000 patients with metal joint replacement implants get infections a year, and about half of them will need revision surgeries. These infections can be life threatening. A new infection resistant, 3-D printed metal alloy implant could drastically reduce this number.
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Science
Want some good news? King County streams are getting healthier
Several 20-year long studies show that King County streams have fewer pollutants compared to previous samples, despite a population boom. In one study, a quarter of sites improved in water quality while only 3% declined in health.
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Business
Washington ferries will pause ads, at least until Coca-Cola controversy fizzles
You may have seen the bright red Coca Cola advertisement on Washington state’s iconic green and white ferry riding the waves of the Puget Sound. The Tacoma’s bow and stern was painted with a bright red advertisement promoting the company’s recycling campaign.
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Environment
Sewer water will soon heat buildings in South Lake Union. It (allegedly) won’t smell
Wastewater will be heating five large buildings along South Lake Union’s Dexter street and Mercer street, as part of a new pilot program in King County.
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Seattle day care owner calls for 'action on Jackson' after a bullet struck her business
Appollonia Washington was sitting with more two dozen young children when a bullet shattered the front window of her daycare, the A 4 Apple Learning Center, in Seattle's Central District.
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Tensions run high at UW pro-Palestine rally
The University of Washington’s Red Square echoed with hundreds of activists Thursday, chanting, “Free, free, Palestine, within our lifetime.” People climbed the railings of the Suzzallo Library and waved the Palestinian flag. Many held signs reading “Free Palestine.”