Nick Natario
During Nick's time, he's won a regional Emmy award, and New York State Associated Press award for enterprise reporting. Nick also had a day named after him in Fort Bend County for his efforts to help people in the Houston area find work.
During the pandemic, he launched ABC13's Who's Hiring Job Fair. When the pandemic caused massive layoffs, Nick worked with Workforce Solutions to create a virtual event to connect employers with job seekers. The event, which launched in April of 2020, continues to help people find new jobs, and introduce them to new careers through various educational opportunities in the region. During Nick's time at ABC13, he spent two weeks in Austin covering the Texas Attorney General impeachment trial, traveled to Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Tampa Bay and Kansas City for Houston sports team coverage, and covered numerous severe weather events, including Hurricane Harvey, which hit his first week on the job.
Prior to Houston, Nick worked at four other TV stations. He got his start in Elmira, New York. He then worked in Burlington, Vermont, Savannah, Georgia and Indianapolis, Indiana. Nick is a proud graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. He graduated with a dual degree in radio, television and news and American history.
In Nick's spare time, he enjoys running. He has tackled several 5Ks, 10Ks and a half-marathon race. He also loves to travel, especially to Walt Disney World. Nick visits the Orlando-area theme parks around four times a year. A reason why he goes so much is that Nick is a girl dad. His daughter, Ellie, was born in 2022. Nick likes to say being a dad is his best assignment to date.
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