Natalie Moore, Reporter Throws R, Bats R College: Howard University Season: 2 1/2 Desert Island Public Radio Program: Eight Forty-Eight Favorite pledge drive pitch phrase: “Become a member of the public radio community.” Prior to joining the Chicago Public Radio staff in May 2007, Natalie was a city hall reporter for the Detroit News. She has also been an education reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and a reporter for the Associated Press in Jerusalem. She is a piano player and her favorite line from her Englewood farmers market story was “I’m just tryin’ to buy some beets!”