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Natalie Pierre
Sports Director
Natalie Pierre is the sports director at The Courier Journal. She was previously the sports editor at The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C. During the last 15 years, the award-winning journalist has covered, and led coverage of, some of the most successful programs in college football and college basketball. Her career includes stops at AL.com/The Birmingham News, the Tallahassee Democrat and The State Journal-Register in Springfield, Ill. She is a graduate of Syracuse University and Delta State University.