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Fate or just trusting myself? Making time for the unexpected pays off

by Lily Theisen | Jan 7, 2022

When an advisor from a past internship originally sent me the application link to NPR’s Next Generation Radio Project, I did not even click on it. I thought, “I’m too busy and I’m not qualified for that. Maybe next year.” In my busiest semester yet, as a third-year...

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The Next Generation Radio Project is a week-long digital journalism training project designed to give competitively selected participants, who are interested in radio and journalism, the skills and opportunity to report and produce their own multimedia story. Those chosen for the project are paired with a professional journalist who serves as their mentor.

This edition of the #NPRNextGenRadio project was produced in collaboration with WUSF Public Media and:

  • Managing Editors – Amy Tardif, Corps Excellence Regional Manager for the Northeast, Report for America; Gabriela Saldivia, Independent Journalist & Teacher, Sevilla, Spain
  • Digital Editors – Alexis Richardson, Chief Innovation Officer & Digital Content Strategist, The Mom Edit; Kylene Yumul, Freelance Digital Editor, Reno, Nevada
  • Audio Technicians – Selena Seay-Reynolds, Freelance Audio Engineer, Los Angeles; PJ Shahamat, Production Engineer, KCRW Los Angeles
  • Editorial Illustrators – Lauren Ibañez, Freelance Illustrator, Houston; Natalia Polanco, Freelance Illustrator, Orlando, Florida; Emily Whang, Freelance Illustrator, Baltimore
  • Visuals – Erica Lee, Freelance Photographer, Bergen County, New Jersey; Kevin Beaty, Visual Journalist, The Denverite & Colorado Public Radio
  • Web Developer – Robert Boos, Metropolitan State University

Our journalist/mentors for this project were:

  • Rick Brunson, Senior Instructor, University of Central Florida

  • Bradley George, Reporter & Host, WUSF Tampa

  • Cristela Guerra, Senior Arts & Culture Reporter, WBUR Boston

  • Molly Samuel, Environment Editor, WABE Atlanta

  • Mark Schreiner, Reporter & Host, WUSF Tampa

  • Verónica Zaragovia, Health Care Reporter, WLRN Miami

NPR’s Next Generation Radio program is directed by its founder, Doug Mitchell.