Natali Del Conte

Natali Del Conte (born August 28, 1978, in San Leandro, California) is a technology journalist and online media personality. She was recently the writer and host of the online technology Podcast news show, TeXtra (a network original), as well as a guest writer and host for a number of other publications. In early 2008 Natali left Podshow for CNET where she hosts a news show, Loaded, and covers events like CES. She also makes regular appearances as a consumer tech guru on mainstream TV shows.
== Involvement with Buzz Out Loud ==
As of a Jan 14, 2009 announcement, Del Conte is a daily host on BOL, along with Tom Merritt and Jason Howell.Wood, Molly. Moving on to one day a week, 2009-01-14. She was previously a BOL guest host. She was also on episode 13.5 of The 404 which "hijacked" the BOL feed at CES. Since the 1000th episode, she hosted BOL twice a week. On Feb 04, 2010, it was announced, that Natali will no longer be a regular host of the podcast. She will only fill-in for other hosts.
==Education==
Del Conte 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, Hayward in 2000. She then received her MA in Sociology with an emphasis in Mass Media from the University of Southern California in 2004. As a graduate student, she was fully funded through the through the . She completed all coursework towards a gender certificate, meaning her work also concentrated around gender studies. Natali was funded to complete a PhD in sociology and finished all required courses towards the doctorate but never took her qualifying exams or completed a dissertation.
==Career==
Natali’s first journalism job out of college was as a staff writer for the Features section of the . 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 where she represented enterprise technology companies. Natali left in order to return to journalism in 2005. She began freelancing for , , , , and others. In late 2005, she was hired as a business reporter for the . 
In 2006, Natali joined the news desk at . In October of 2006, she was recruited by and left to work there for a short stint. 
While working for , Natali began making appearances on , which launched her video career quite unexpectedly. noticed her on an episode of {{wp|Cranky Geeks and contacted her with the idea of doing her own show for the network. Natali left in December of 2006 and joined full time. Natali, Adam, and the production staff at developed in January of 2007 and the show launched on February 13, 2007. 
In December 2007 it was announced that Natali would be leaving for in 2008, so has shut down. Natali's new show, LOADED started in February 2008 with coverage from CES .
While doing , Natali freelances for , , [, , and . She also makes regular appearances on , ’s , and .
==Personal==
Natali is the oldest child of Tom and Wanda Del Conte, and spent her early childhood in Fremont, California. She has one sister, Linzi, who is three years younger. Natali is part Puerto Rican, part Hawaiian, and part Italian, and currently lives in New York City. She has over 90 pairs of shoes and is a self-proclaimed good cook and knitter. Also, she can recite the lyrics of any cheesy song from the 80's and belongs to the best book club in the Bay.
==References==
==External links==
*Natali's Official Website
*Natali's CNET Profile
*LOADED video podcast
*Natali and The 404 hijack BOL
*Natali's Wikipedia Profile
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