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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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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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.”
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Coveted zoo poop makes Seattle gardens bloom. It's the most 'poopular' compost around
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King County Metro beefs up security after fatal bus shooting in White Center
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Seattle’s University District receives a $5M upgrade
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A pilgrimage to a Japanese American prison camp
During World War II, the US government forced more than 125,000 Japanese Americans out of their homes, and into prison camps. Many Japanese Americans from the Pacific Northwest got relocated to a camp in Minidoka, Idaho. For years, Minidoka camp survivors visited the site with their families. This summer, they returned for the first time since the pandemic started. KUOW’s Natalie Newcomb joined the pilgrimage. We’ll hear some of her experience.
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Japanese American survivors revisit a troubling past and vow to protect the Idaho prison camp where they were held
I’m looking for a name on an exhibit that's honoring more than 4,000 people who were incarcerated here, in the middle of Idaho farmland, at an American prison camp that most people don’t know about or would prefer to forget.
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Seattle drug plan will balance rehabilitation and public safety, Harrell says
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell explained his plan Thursday to balance public safety and rehabilitation in the face of a growing opioid crisis that has killed more Washingtonians so far in 2023 than all of last year.
