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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 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 #NPRNextGenRadio project was sponsored by Kansas City Public Radio (KCUR 89.3).

Our journalist/mentors:

Maggie Freleng, Journalist/producer/host Wrongful Conviction, Austin, TX
Dani Gehr, Talk Show Producer, Iowa Public Radio, Iowa City, IA
Luke X. Martin, Culture Editor, KCUR, Kansas City, MO
Monica Ortiz Uribe, Freelance Journalist, El Paso, TX
Nomin Ujiyediin, Reporter/Host, KCUR, Kansas City, MO

Our staff:

Managing Editor – Gabriela Saldivia, Editor & Producer, Freelance Journalist, Seville, Spain
Digital Editors – Josie Fischels, Digital News Producer, Iowa Public Radio, Des Moines, IA; Laura Gonzalez, Adjunct Professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; and Alexis L. Richardson, Independent Editor & Content Strategist, Philadelphia, PA
Audio Tech/Engineers – Patrice Mondragon, Freelance Audio Engineer, Denver, CO; and Tina Tobey Mack, Freelance Audio Engineer/Sound Designer, Somerville, MA
Illustrators – Lauren Ibañez, Houston, TX; Ard Su, New York, NY; and Emily Whang, Los Angeles, CA
Visual Editors – Kevin Beaty, Denverite, Denver, CO; and Erica Lee, Freelance, Bergen County, NJ
Copy Editor – Brent L. Smith, Freelance Copy Editor, Los Angeles, CA

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