Natalie Bencivenga

Natalie Bencivenga is a socially conscious, mid-Atlantic Emmy nominated, award-winning journalist and entrepreneur who uses her platforms to bring attention to issues that build equity in our communities.

She launched "In Conversation with Natalie Bencivenga" in Sept. 2023, a live radio show which airs every Saturday afternoon from 2-5 p.m on 100.1 FM and AM 1020 KDKA. Listeners can also stream it live or listen after it airs on the Audacy App or at kdkaradio.com. She currently hosts, “Facts Over Fear” the award winning video series for the Harrisburg-based nonprofit news site, Pennsylvania Capital Star through her production company, Benci Productions, that she began in 2022. Natalie is a regular contributor on “TALK Pittsburgh,” KDKA’s newest afternoon talk show, with her own segment, "Ask Natalie"

She is a fellow at Duquesne University’s Institute for Ethics and Integrity in Journalism and Media (IEIJM). She was recognized in 2022 by City & State PA as one of “four influential Pittsburghers changing the city through media, art and activism." Natalie was the recipient of Pittsburgh Magazine's 40 Under 40 in 2020 and won Multiplying Good's "One in a Million Award" for her work on her show, Five Minutes With... that ran for 76 episodes during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Natalie won a Golden Quill in 2020 for her podcast “The BROADcast" that she co-produced and co-hosted with veteran journalist, Kim Lyons.

Since 2015, she has penned the nationally digitally syndicated "Ask Natalie" advice column for the Universal Press Syndicate. Natalie provides digital media consultation and content production work to clients across the country with her award-winning media consulting company, XSquared Media. She is widely utilized across the region for emceeing events and moderating panels. Subscribe to her new newsletter on Substack: Facts Over Fear. Follow her on Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok and Facebook: @NatalieBencivenga.