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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 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 Next Gen Radio project was funded by The Gulf States Newsroom.

Our journalist/mentors:

Stephan Bisaha, Senior Reporter, Gulf States Newsroom, Birmingham, AL
Tekella Foster, Freelance Reporter, Louisville, MS
Kyle Gassiott, Operations Manager, Host and Producer, Troy Public Radio, Montgomery, AL
Maya Miller, Community Engagement Reporter, Gulf States Newsroom, Jackson, MS
Ryan Vasquez, News Director, WWNO/WRKF, New Orleans, LA

Our staff:

Managing Editors – Laura Isensee, Independent Editor, Houston, TX; and Priska Neely, Managing Editor, Gulf States Newsroom, Birmingham, AL.
Digital Editors – Orlando Flores Jr., Digital Editor, Gulf States Newsroom, New Orleans, LA; 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 – Yunyi Dai, Los Angeles, CA; Ard Su, Jersey City, NJ; and Emily Whang, Los Angeles, CA
Visual Editors – Jaz’min Franks, Freelance Photographer and Creative Director, St. Louis, MO; 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.