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The Next Gen Radio Project is a week-long digital journalism training project designed to give competitively selected participants, who are interested in audio 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 Next Gen Radio project was funded by the Annenberg School of Journalism and Communications at the University of Southern California.

Our journalist/mentors:

Andrea Flores, Freelance Journalist, Los Angeles, CA
Reynaldo Leaños Jr., Producer/Reporter, Latino USA, New York, NY
Julie Patel Liss, Head of Journalism, California State University LA, Los Angeles, CA
David Rodriguez, Partnerships Producer, LAist, Pasadena, CA
Vanessa Vancour, Faculty, School of the New York Times, Reno, NV

Our staff:

Managing Editors – Michelle Faust Raghavan, Founder, Claridad Media, Portland, OR and Gabriela Saldivia, Editor & Producer, Freelance Journalist, Seville, Spain
Digital Editors – Natalie Hanson, Reporter, Courthouse News Service, Oakland, CA; Elaine Heinzman, Content Designer, Publicis Sapient, Washington, D.C.; Laura Gonzalez, Adjunct Professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Data Visualization Editor – Elma González Lima Brandão, Digital Editor, KPBS, San Diego, CA
Zine Team Design & Illustration – Dr. Amara Aguilar, Professor of Professional Practice of Journalism, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Caitlin Hernández, Reporter, LAist, Los Angeles, CA; Arantza Peña Popo, Freelance Designer, Los Angeles, CA; and Diana Ramirez, Freelance Designer, Los Angeles, CA
Audio Tech/Engineers – Anne To, Freelance Audio Engineer, Rosemead, CA; and Tina Tobey Mack, Audio Engineer/Sound Designer (Freelance), Somerville, MA.
Illustrators – Eejoon Choi, Los Angeles, CA; Shideh Ghandeharizadeh, Los Angeles, CA; and Emily Whang, Los Angeles, CA
Illustration Intern – Sophie Barlow, Salem, OR
Visual Editors – Corinne Chin, Director of News Talent, The Associated Press, Chicago, IL; and Mary Kay McFarland, Associate Professor, Reed College of Media at West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
Copy Editor – Brent L. Smith, Freelance Copy Editor, Los Angeles, CA

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