Angelica’s Reflections

For anyone interested in a challenge, this program is for you. I was not sure what it would be like to be surrounded by a professional journalist for a week, immersed in an environment centered around radio. But it was amazing.  I have always loved podcasts and radio,...

Roman’s Reflections

One of the hardest radio stories I’ve worked on Radio journalism is difficult. In reality, all journalism is difficult. You deal with sources who are hard to work with, don’t respond to any form of communication, and once you actually secure the interview, they...

Shaylyn’s Reflections

If I could I would freeze time And live, and work in this room I would keep all these people here with me Till we all got too tired of each other to keep on And we’d continue searching and finding new stories Making new memories and honing our craft Where most of us...

Ricardo’s Reflections

I came in into Next Generation Radio hearing that the program would “change my life.” I thought that was a bit dramatic, to say the least. I was confident with my skills as a journalist going into the week (I have won awards for my reporting) and figured I would...

Janelle’s Reflections

A primer on radio reporting Nobody in my life, except maybe a couple people, really understand what I’m doing career-wise. “Congrats on your internship with NPR!” (This isn’t an internship, I bit back. Maybe later, but not now.) “I hope your radio thing is going...

Alex’s Reflections

When I first applied, I’ll be honest, I never thought I would get selected for this program. I had thought about applying last fall but opted not to because I felt like I wasn’t ready. However, looking back I realized that I didn’t apply because I...