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Next Generation Radio Next Generation Radio is a one-week, audio-focused, digital first, multimedia training project

Decided that in 2025, I'll try harder to reach out to people who live where I do. Finally, I caught up with St. Louis's ...
01/16/2025

Decided that in 2025, I'll try harder to reach out to people who live where I do. Finally, I caught up with St. Louis's own . Met her when she interned
Now she's a DC-based correspondent and host for the public radio program and with

APPLICATION DEADLINE MIDNIGHT PT JANUARY 26TH returns in February with our 4th project sponsored by Project dates: Afte...
01/02/2025

APPLICATION DEADLINE MIDNIGHT PT JANUARY 26TH

returns in February with our 4th project sponsored by
Project dates: Afternoon of February 23 through the afternoon of February 28
Must be living in Oregon and SW Washington state.
NOTE: We've changed our theme and are looking forward to hearing specific "Moments of Truth" from our story subjects.
But first, we're inviting applicants.
Go here: nextgenradio.org/apply
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Merry Christmas/Feliz Navidad! 🎄🫂
12/25/2024

Merry Christmas/Feliz Navidad! 🎄🫂

Y'all don't know. It's such a blessing to stay connected to so many after so long. It's a unique, relational skill set i...
12/21/2024

Y'all don't know. It's such a blessing to stay connected to so many after so long. It's a unique, relational skill set in an increasingly transactional culture.
is one of my OGs from when she was a student at Florida International University in the early 2000s.
is from here, co-winner of ye olde "Public Radio Talent Quest" (I was a judge and supported his application). Among other creative endeavors, Al is Host of with the

12/18/2024

A generation ago, the Generals ruled. General Motors, General Foods, General Mills, General Dynamics… they were big, and they had a lot to lose. As a result, people trusted them to show up an…

DEADLINE MIDNIGHT PT, SUNDAY JANUARY 26, 2025 nextgenradio will return in February, and with our 4th project sponsored  ...
12/15/2024

DEADLINE MIDNIGHT PT, SUNDAY JANUARY 26, 2025
 nextgenradio will return in February, and with our 4th project sponsored   
We're looking for people who are deeply interested in audio and adjacent forms of digital-first storytelling. There is no college requirement, but some experience with journalism wil be highly useful. You need to be at least 18 years of age.

BONUS: We have a new theme, "Moments of Truth." 
We'll ask reporters to pitch us a non-narrated audio story, centered on a person who discovered something new about themselves, their community, or their understanding of the world, and have that person explain how that changed their life. 
Apply by midnight Pacific Time, Sunday, January 26th
nextgenradio.org/apply

Met at in 2010. During the years, we'd go to the conferences each year and have breakfast or dinner to catch up. Note...
12/01/2024

Met at in 2010. During the years, we'd go to the conferences each year and have breakfast or dinner to catch up. Note: We never hung out where we live in the DC area.
We hadn't sat and talked in person anywhere since 2019. Decided to fix that and did that today.

Next Gen Radio has a new story theme.Last month, our managing and digital editors and I convened via Zoom and were led ...
11/25/2024

Next Gen Radio has a new story theme.
Last month, our managing and digital editors and I convened via Zoom and were led through a design thinking exercise by Next Gen alumna Kuo, now VP for Content at PRX.

We settled on six broad ideas.
We voted for "Moments of Truth."

We'll ask our reporters to find a source who could capture a moment in their lives when clarity of purpose was revealed. When did the subject discover something new about themselves, their community, or their understanding of the world, and explain how that changed their life?
We will begin exploring this theme when Next Gen returns in February 2025 and with our 4th project with Oregon Public Broadcasting

A special thank you to Next Gen Editorial Illustration team member for raising your hand and creating this illustration so quickly.

60 degree Saturday in November in Central Massachusetts with actual husband.
11/16/2024

60 degree Saturday in November in Central Massachusetts with actual husband.

I ordered a "Black and Tan." Bartender said, "What's that?" *checks location* Boston? Right?Advise her on how to make on...
11/16/2024

I ordered a "Black and Tan." Bartender said, "What's that?" *checks location* Boston? Right?
Advise her on how to make one. She does. Suddenly, everyone around the bar has one, poured perfectly.
Next Gen Early-Career alumna and now Boston Globe reporter (pictured) has one as well.
I demand a percentage.

Catching up with .w.d.martin of the morning and celebrating in the evening.
11/15/2024

Catching up with .w.d.martin of the morning and celebrating in the evening.

Real OG & a New G. I met so, so long ago 90 minutes today went by so fast. Always appreciated the way she thinks.tera...
11/14/2024

Real OG & a New G.
I met so, so long ago
90 minutes today went by so fast. Always appreciated the way she thinks.teranana is a next gen alumna from our 2023 project and is now a first year student at
She's going to lead one day. Watch.

Hadn’t done this anywhere in a while. Pulled together some Next Gen folks and other mentees here in Boston.Left to right...
11/13/2024

Hadn’t done this anywhere in a while. Pulled together some Next Gen folks and other mentees here in Boston.
Left to right:
formerly of the Association of Independents in Radio.
Cristela Guerra. Arts and Culture Reporter for WBUR.

2017 alum from our program in Phoenix
Padrino
, Michelle Johnson, retired journalism prof at BU and Next Gen editor/developer. We worked on all of the affinity group student projects and for many, many (did I say many?) years. She got me to go deep into digital before it was a thing.
Athena Desai, one of the OGest of OG Mentees. Interned and was a temp producer at NPR many years ago and currently Life and Interpersonal Skills coach for her own company.
Paris Alston, Host at ’GBH here in Boston and future CEO at a future company.

Very timely conference. We The People coming together to talk, share, and learn from each other. I'll be emcee for the M...
11/12/2024

Very timely conference. We The People coming together to talk, share, and learn from each other. I'll be emcee for the Medal of Honor ceremony where OG Mentee, Public Radio Host, nationally known speaker, and published author will be recognized. Also, I'll be leading a discussion Saturday, titled, "The World is One Country and We are its Citizens: Connecting through Media."

You know when you are meticulously digging through FAR too many digital folders, looking for that ONE thing and you sup...
10/20/2024

You know when you are meticulously digging through FAR too many digital folders, looking for that ONE thing and you suprisingly find something else? No? 🤓

Well.....
This photo was taken exactly 10 years ago this coming weekend. I think I took it.
Back story:
Next Generation Radio was reborn in 2013, having been on hiatus since 2009.
In 2014, we ended that year with our second project, and it was at the annual Collegiate Broadcasters conference, which was held then in Seattle. Thanks to support from KUOW Public Radio and my good friend and colleague Arvid Hokanson, we selected seven current or recently graduated college students (one came all the way from Puerto Rico, Alyssa A. Mendez) and we brought them to the conference.

In the photo, left to right: Nancy DeVille, Ann Kane, Gabriela Saldivia, Reynaldo Leaños Jr., Alyssa A. Mendez, Constanza Gallrado (Coco) and Imana Gunawan.

For a few years, I've been doing this series called "OG Mentee" (h/t Juleyka Lantigua for coining the term). I define it as someone having been regularly coached/mentored guided by me/us for a minimum of 10 years. I'll note from this group, Rey and Imana have returned a few times to be a mentor, Aly mentored on our Chicago project last year and Gabriela, in particular, has ascended to our Managing Editor role, having lead several of our five-day digital sprints.

Now, here n October 2024:
Nancy is a Podcast and Special Projects Manager for "The Atlantic."
Ann is a podcast producer in Atlanta.
Gabriela lives in Spain and is a freelance producer and editor.
Rey is now a producer for "Latino USA/Futuro Media" and based in New York City.
Aly is a digital producer for Telemundo Chicago.
Coco is in Miami and a Managing Producer for Pushkin.
Imana is in New York City, having just finished an MPS at the Fashion Institute of New York and is now a freelance producer/coordinator.

"Old Home Week."Minus Indigenous Affairs reporter Katie Hallum (Cherokee) this is the reporting team KOSU Radio and unde...
10/09/2024

"Old Home Week."

Minus Indigenous Affairs reporter Katie Hallum (Cherokee) this is the reporting team KOSU Radio and under the guidance of News Director Robby Korth
Left, down the row:
Abby Siatkowski, Digital Producer
(Katie sits there)
Sarah Liese (Navajo and Turtle Mountain Chippewa), Indigneous Affairs Reporter
Lionel Ramos, State Government Reporter
Right, from the back, forward:
Grayson Wheeler, Water Reporter
Anna Pope, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Reporter
Sierra Pfeiffer, Health Reporter/Next Generation Radio 2023 WUNC alumna.
Matthew Viriyapah, Production Assistant and Host of "Songwriters and Tour Riders" Podcast as well as the "Oklahoma Music Minute."

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We are the Next Generation OF Radio

Some history: Next Gen was named in 2000 by me, because I could. I was producing a news-magazine at NPR so the training was at first, a side hustle. We were shooting video, photos and producing stories for web-based streaming long before it because what it is today. I was using iMovie when it first came out so I could shoot, edit and post video files of my then boss, talking about how to pitch a story or one of our engineers talking about how to get good sound. Back then, there was no YouTube, Twitter or Snapchat. Facebook was for students-only. There was no universal broadband, WiFi was beginning to take off and yet, we were what they now call "digital-first." NPR stations were extremely hesitant to put any student work on the air. So, we built sites on each location, I brought in an NPR staffer who knew how to build sites (even tho' it wasn't her day-job) and our approach to student training was born.

I like to brag about our program alumni so here are a few:

Lee Hill, Director, Content Strategy, New York Public

Christina Stella, Producer, Nebraska Public Radio, Lincoln, Neb