Natalie Tso

Award-winning Journalist

Natalie has won top audio journalism awards in the UK, New York, Asia and Orange County as well as Taiwan's top broadcasting award, the Golden Bell Award, three times along with many global honors. She is the host and producer of the award-winning podcast The Lab Beat at UC Irvine where she visits cutting-edge labs and presents their innovations in audio, articles and visual stories.

Areas of Expertise

Multimedia storytelling, writing, audio journalism, communications strategy, and social media

At UC Irvine, Natalie hosts the award-winning podcast The Lab Beat, using multimedia storytelling to present the cutting-edge research at UCI engineering labs. The Lab Beat won The Best Audio Storytelling/Best Podcast Award at the 2026 OC Press Awards. Her content has received millions of views on social media and is greatly enhancing the reputation of the UCI Samueli School of Engineering.

Natalie's award-winning journalism includes a wide range of compelling stories in global politics, business, culture, tech, health and social issues.

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