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Natali Terese Morris 
Natali Morris, circa 2008Born Natali Terese Del Conte
August 28, 1978
San Leandro, CaliforniaNationality American Known for Technology Spouse Clayton Morris Children Miles Benjamin Morris Website http://www.natalimorris.com/ Natali Terese Morris, née Del Conte (del kont̪e) (born August 28, 1978, in San Leandro, California) is a technology news journalist and online media personality. Morris is a former editor for CNET.com and is a former co-host of the technology news podcast Buzz Out Loud, one of CNET.com's flagship podcasts, in addition to Loaded, a daily technology news show on CNET TV. Previously, Loaded was reformatted in Spanish and shown on the Spanish language Univision television network.[citation needed]
Prior to joining CNET, she wrote, produced, and hosted a show called TeXtra on the Podshow network. Natali has also written articles for Wired (magazine), Variety Magazine, MarketWatch, TechCrunch, The San Francisco Examiner, AppScout, PC Magazine, ELLEgirl, Mexican Monthly, Aware Magazine, The Oakland Tribune, Hispanic Magazine, Hispanic Trends, and The Santa Cruz Sentinel.[citation needed]
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Biography
Natali is the oldest child of Tom & Wanda Del Conte, and spent her early childhood in Fremont, California.[citation needed] Natali currently resides in New Jersey.[1] On Oct 21, 2010 on CNET's "The 404" podcast she announced she married Fox News Channel host Clayton Morris in an October 2010 lunchtime ceremony at New York City Hall,[2] and would take the last name Morris both professionally and personally as of mid-November 2010.[3] On July 26, 2010 she gave birth to her first child, Miles.[4] On October 27, 2011, Morris announced she and husband, Clayton Morris, are expecting their second child. [5]
Education
Morris graduated from Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, California, in 1996 and went on to receive her BA in Mass Communication with an emphasis in Journalism from California State University, East Bay[6] in 2000. She then received her MA in Sociology with an emphasis in Mass Media from the University of Southern California in 2004.[citation needed] As a graduate student, she was fully funded through the James Irvine Foundation through the Irvine Fellowship.[citation needed] She completed all coursework towards a gender certificate, meaning her work also concentrated around gender studies.[citation needed] Natali was funded to complete a PhD in sociology and finished all required courses towards the doctorate but has not yet taken her qualifying examination or completed a dissertation.[citation needed]
Career
Natali’s first journalism job out of college was as a staff writer for the Features section of the Oakland Tribune. She stayed there a year before leaving for graduate school in 2001. After graduate school, Natali took a year sabbatical and taught yoga at Canyon Ranch SpaClub at The Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada. When she returned to the Bay Area, she did a short stint in public relations for SHIFT Communications where she represented enterprise technology companies. Natali left SHIFT Communications in order to return to journalism in 2005. She began freelancing for MarketWatch,[7] Variety, The Oakland Tribune, Hispanic Magazine,[8] and others. In late 2005, she was hired as a business reporter for the San Francisco Examiner.[citation needed]
In 2006, Natali joined the news desk at PC Magazine.[9] In October 2006, she was recruited by TechCrunch and left to work there for a short stint.[citation needed]
While working for PC Magazine, Morris began making appearances on Cranky Geeks, which launched her video career quite unexpectedly. Adam Curry noticed her on an episode of Cranky Geeks and contacted her with the idea of doing her own show for the Podshow network.[citation needed] She left TechCrunch in December 2006 and joined Podshow full time. Morris, Curry, and the production staff at Podshow developed a show called TeXtra in January 2007, and the show launched on February 13, 2007.[citation needed]
In December 2007 it was announced that Morris would be leaving Podshow for CNET TV in 2008, and the TeXtra podcast was shut down.[citation needed] Natali's new show, Loaded started in February 2008 with coverage from CES 2008.[10]
In addition to her duties at CNET, Morris freelances for Wired, PC Magazine, AppScout, Aware Magazine, and ELLEgirl.[11] She also makes regular appearances on The CBS Early Show, and Red Eye (prior to her CBS exclusivity agreement).
In January 2009, Morris became co-host of the Buzz Out Loud podcast, taking the place of journalist Molly Wood who was exiting full time involvement with the podcast in order to focus on other CNET projects.[citation needed]
In June 2009, it was announced that Natali would be one of the judges for the 2010 CES i-Stage competition.[12]
In 2010, Morris and three friends started the motherhood weblog, MommyBeta [13] The blog was nominated in The Bump's 2010 Mommy Blog Awards for Best Baby Journal Blog.[14]
On November 23, 2010 Natali began to host wrestling promotion Chikara new video segment, "The Throwdown Lowdown," In which she'll bring you a new clip from CHIKARA's vast video vault showcasing high-impact hits and brutal spills each week.
On March 31, 2011, Morris announced in her blog that she will be leaving CNET on Friday, April 29, 2011. [15]
Guest Appearances
- March 29, 2007: On G4TV's Attack Of The Show, Morris talked about how she is not a fan of the whole Twitter concept.[16]
- April 10, 2007: Marketplace Public Radio interviews Natali about the art of cyber phishing and identity theft.[17]
- April 14, 2007: Today show host Matt Lauer interviews Morris about saving money with on-line purchases through the use of web based coupon codes.[18]
- April 18, 2007: Today show host Matt Lauer interviews Morris about how to save time using the Internet.[19]
- April 18, 2007: Morris joined the boys of CNET's 404 podcast to talk about Jeff Bakalar's visit to see Shigeru Miyamoto, Juno, and movies coming up that weekend.[20]
- April 18, 2007: GeekBrief.TV's Cali Lewis interviews Morris about her new gig as Senior Editor for CNET TV and her new show Loaded. Cali and Natali also talk her transition from print journalism to video, and her famous Flickr photos of food.[21]
- April 25, 2007: Appears in a CNBC interview about free online gaming with Billy Pidgeon of IDC.[22]
- May 7, 2007: Along with The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show members, Natali discusses BitTorrent's new deals with Hollywood, and her deals with the pod-o-sphere. She also talks about how she started the podcast and what she wants out of being with PodShow.[23]
- January 10, 2008: On G4TV's Best of CES 2008, Morris joined the G4 crew to talk about some of the best gadgets seen at CES this year.[24]
- February 20, 2008: Morris discusses the future of the growing video game industry on CNBC.[25]
- March 29, 2008: On Fox News, Morris discusses the best way to get a Nintendo Wii.[26]
- April 2, 2008: On Revision3's show Internet Superstar, Morris is interviewed regarding her work at CNET TV.[27]
- August 5, 2008 : Morris was a guest on the Fox News program Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld.[28]
- March 17, 2009 : On The Early Show, Natali Morris showed Chris Wragge the Dell Adamo and iPod Shuffle.
- December 25 and 31, 2009: Morris served as a fill-in anchor on WCBS news broadcasts.[29]
- January 8, 2010: On The Early Show, Natali Morris showed of tech his and her gifts for Valentine's Day.[30]
- January 10, 2010: On The Early Show Morris YouTube's new safety control features that prevent children from seeing dangerous content.[31]
- April 25, 2010: On This Week in Tech (TWiT) episode 245 as a guest with Becky Worley, and Shira Lazar.[32]
- December 19, 2010: On This Week in Tech (TWiT) episode 279 as a guest with Jim Louderback and Marshall Kirkpatrick of "ReadWriteWeb".
- May 1, 2011: On This Week in Tech (TWiT) episode 299 as a guest with Alex Lindsay, Wil Harris and Clayton Morris.
- September 1, 2011: On iPad Today (TWiT) episode 61 - Natali Morris and Apps for Parents as a guest with Sarah Lane.[33]
References
- ^ Natalidelconte.squarespace.com
- ^ News.cnet.com
- ^ Natalidelconte.squarespace.com
- ^ Thetechnewsblog.com
- ^ http://www.mommybeta.com/blogs/2011/10/27/is-there-room-in-my-heart-for-two.html
- ^ "Get your daily dose of tech news from a CSUEB alumna". 2010-03-10. http://www20.csueastbay.edu/news/blog/2010/03/natali-del-conte-cnet-loaded-buzz-out-loud.html.
- ^ MarketWatch - Natali's Story - Talking turkey
- ^ Hispanic Magazine - Natali's Story - Out of the Shadows
- ^ PC Mag - Natali's Story - San Francisco Gets Free FONs for Wi-Fi
- ^ TechCruch - TeXtra’s Natali Morris Leaves Podshow For CNET TV
- ^ ELLEgirl - Natali's Story - Holiday Gadget Guide
- ^ I-stage.ce.org
- ^ Mommybeta.squarespace.com
- ^ Pregnant.thebump.com
- ^ http://natalimorris.com/blog/2011/3/30/letting-go-of-my-peanuts.html
- ^ G4 - Natali talks about Twitter.
- ^ Marketplace Public Radio - Natali talks about cyber phishing and identity theft.
- ^ NBC Today Show - Natali talks about on-line coupons.
- ^ NBC Today Show - Natali talks about how to save time on the Internet.
- ^ CNET 404 - Natali talks with the Boys of the 404.
- ^ GeekBrief.TV - Interviews Natali about living in NY.
- ^ CNBC -Interview about free online gaming.
- ^ Classic Naked Trucker and T-Bones - Natali talks about Bittorrent.
- ^ G4 - Natali best of CES 2008 with Kevin Pereira.
- ^ CNBC - Natali talks about the video game industry.
- ^ Fox News - Natali talks about best way to get a Nintendo Wii.
- ^ Internet Superstar Episode 10 - Episode of Internet Superstar in which Natali is interviewed.
- ^ Red Eye - The episode of Redeye w/ Greg Gutfeld on Hulu.
- ^ "Twitter / Natali Morris: Up early to fill in for Ka". Twitter.com. 2009-12-25. http://twitter.com/natalidelconte/status/7027488484. Retrieved 2010-09-29.[dead link]
- ^ "Videos - Free video downloads and streaming video - CNET TV". Cnettv.cnet.com. http://cnettv.cnet.com/tech-gifts-him-her/9742-1_53-50083414.html. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
- ^ "Videos - Free video downloads and streaming video - CNET TV". Cnettv.cnet.com. http://cnettv.cnet.com/youtube-safety-mode/9742-1_53-50083458.html. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
- ^ Running time: 1:33:34. "The TWiT Netcast Network with Leo Laporte". Twit.tv. http://twit.tv/245. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
- ^ |url=http://twit.tv/show/ipad-today/61
External links
- Official Website - Natali's Official Website
- CNET - Natali's Profile at CNET
- LOADED - Watch LOADED on-line.
- Google News - News Stories about Natali
- Facebook Fan Page - Facebook Fan Site
- Official Twitter - Natali's Official Twitter
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