This past weekend, my studio and our collaborators at WTTW were awarded a Chicago/Midwest 2022-2023 Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement for Informational/Instructional – Short and Long Form Content…so that’s officially Emmy Award Winning Writer/Producer Natalie to you, sir. Our friends at WTTW took home two Emmy Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts & […]
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The 2022 Peter Lisagor Awards ceremony was this past weekend and I’m stoked to count myself among the winners alongside my colleagues at The Banditry Co. and our collaborators at WTTW. Our friends at WTTW took home nine Peter Lisagor Awards this year in recognition for their exemplary journalism. Among them was the award for […]
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I was delighted to contribute to Third Coast Review Editor Dan Kelly’s round-up of fictional fears that have stuck with us. I posture as being braver than I am. I blame it on some combination of being the youngest child, chronically tall for my age, and a Leo. So it shames me to admit my […]
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It’s 2019 and I’ve realized that you, my loyal fans, are in for a long overdue update. It seems I never took the time to mention what I’ve been up to for the last 4 years! So, here we are. In 2015, I joined forces with a fellow creative and co-founded The Banditry Co., a […]
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The advertising industry doesn’t have a union. Freelancers don’t have a union (although Freelancers Union is still a great resource). But, just because there isn’t a formal union established to protect us and ensure we are all getting a fair rate and working conditions, does not mean that we can’t protect each other and help […]
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