NextGenRadio

Finding, coaching and training public media's next generation.

The Next Generation Radio Project is a 5-day digital journalism and audio training project. Our hybrid (some people in-person, some WFH) program is designed to give competitively selected participants the opportunity to learn how to report and produce their own non-narrated audio piece and multimedia story. Those chosen for the project are paired with a professional journalist who serves as their mentor for the week.

Want to learn more?

NPR’s Next Generation Radio projects are hybrid (remote and in-person). Our selected cohort will report from where they are.

This video was produced and edited by 2017 alumna Katherine Ellis. Illustrations by Yunyi Dai and Ard Su.

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Here is our 2022 schedule.

We do hybrid projects. Some people are in-person, but most are remote.

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  • July 10-15: Oregon Public Broadcasting, Portland, OR        
  • Aug 7-12: Colorado Public Radio (CPR), Denver, CO                          (CPR  APPLICATION DEADLINE FRIDAY, JULY 15, MIDNIGHT MT)
  • Sept 4-9: Texas Newsroom, San Antonio, TX
  • Sept 11-16: Saint Louis Public Radio, St. Louis, MO
  • Oct 9-14: Capital Public Radio, Sacramento, CA
  • Nov 13-18: Next Gen Radio: Indigenous, Oklahoma City, OK

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Take a look at our most recent and past projects and all the work our students and fellows have produced.

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“Como una estudiante, NextGenRadio fue mi primera mirada al mundo del periodismo multimedia. Me dio las herramientas necesarias para mejor contar nuestras historias y me ayudó cultivar conexiones que estoy agradecía de tener.”

Luisa M. Suarez, WHYY Philadelphia 2019