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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 sponsored by Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB).

Our journalist/mentors for this project were:

Tiffany Camhi, Host/Reporter, OPB, Portland, OR
Emily Cureton Cook, Bureau Chief, OPB, Bend, OR
Hanna Merzbach, Reporter/Producer, Jackson Hole Community Radio, Jackson Hole, WY
Liz Miller, Education Reporter, OPB, Portland, OR
Donald Orr, Announcer/Producer, OPB, Portland, OR

Our staff:

Managing Editor – Michelle Faust Raghavan, Founder, Claridad Media, Portland, OR
Deputy Managing Editor – Florangela Davila, News Director, KNKX, Seattle, WA
Digital Editors – Dr. Amara Aguilar, Professor of Professional Practice of Journalism, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Laura Gonzalez, Adjunct Professor, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; and Alexis L. Richardson, Independent Editor & Content Strategist, Philadelphia, PA
Audio Tech/Engineer – Patrice Mondragon, Freelance Audio Engineer, Denver, CO
Illustrators – Yunyi Dai, Freelance Illustrator, Pasadena, CA; Shideh Ghandeharizadeh, Freelance Illustrator, Los Angeles, CA; and Lauren Ibañez, Freelance Illustrator, Houston, TX
Visual Editors – Kevin Beaty, Photojournalist, Denverite, Denver, CO and Kristyna Wentz-Graff, Photographer, OPB, Portland, OR
Data Editor – Rolie Hernandez, OPB, Portland, OR
Copy Editor – Brent L. Smith, Freelance Copy Editor, Los Angeles, CA

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