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One Year In, One Week Deep

by Brittany Stubblefield-Engram | Sep 8, 2023 | Brittany Stubblefield-Engram

Who would have ever imagined that someone who identifies as a “hip hop scholar” could relate to Radiohead lyrics? “ I’m a creep. I’m a weirdo. What the hell am I doin’ here? I don’t belong here.” Lyrically, it may be out of context, but the...

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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 for that week.

This #NPRNextGenRadio project was sponsored by The Texas Newsroom and the University of Texas-El Paso. 

Our journalist/mentors for this project were:

  • Stella Chavez, Immigration Reporter, KERA, Dallas, TX
  • Carlos Morales, News Director, Marfa Public Radio, Marfa, TX
  • Mónica Ortiz Uribe, Freelance Journalist, El Paso, TX
  • Donna Pazdera, Lecturer, Texas A&M-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
  • Laura Rice, Managing Producer, Texas Standard, Austin, TX

Our staff:

  • Managing Editor – Stephanie Kuo, Content Development Director, PRX, New York, NY
  • Digital Editors – Josie Fischels, Digital Producer, Iowa Public Radio, Des Moines, IA; Laura Isensee, Senior Editor, Adonde Media, Houston, TX; and Laura Gonzalez, Adjunct Professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • Audio Tech – Patrice Mondragon, Freelance Audio Engineer , Denver, CO and Tina Tobey Mack, Freelance Audio Engineer/Sound Designer, Somerville, MA.
  • Illustrators – Lauren Ibanez, Houston, TX; Ard Su, New York, NY; and Yunyi Dai, Los Angeles, CA
  • Visual Journalists  – Kevin Beaty, Denverite, Denver, CO and Patricia Lim, KUT, Austin, TX

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