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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Environment
Coveted zoo poop makes Seattle gardens bloom. It's the most 'poopular' compost around
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Crime
King County Metro beefs up security after fatal bus shooting in White Center
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Business
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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Race & Identity
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.
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Government
The best time to apply for an AC unit, before federal funding cools off in Washington
A program that helps low income families access air conditioning units is at risk, as pandemic funding runs out. Washington State’s Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program helps families access AC units, furnace replacements and other energy needs.
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Environment
Pink salmon are on the move and Seattle anglers are lining up to reel them in
State officials say 2023 could be one of the largest runs of pink salmon in the past decade.
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Environment
Pink salmon are having a great 2023 return in Puget Sound
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Environment
One way to help coho salmon survive NW pollution