Participant projects from NPR partnership in Albuquerque available for viewing
NPR’s Next Generation Radio Project, the Indigenous Journalists Association and University of New Mexico, School of Communications and Journalism partnered for the second cohort for the fall 2023 IJA-NPR NextGen Radio: Indigenous program.
IJA-NPR NextGen Radio: Indigenous selected five cohort members to participate in a five-day, audio-focused, digital journalism project centering Indigenous stories and storytellers. The project is offered at no cost to early-career Indigenous journalists reporting in or near a tribal community, and is an immersive training opportunity to learn more about non-narrated audio storytelling, and other forms of digital journalism.
Participants’ work can be viewed and downloaded here. This year’s selected NextGenRadio theme was “What is the meaning of Home?”
The 2023 NextGen Radio: Indigenous Albuquerque cohort was:
- Logan Booth (Seneca Nation of Indians), Nedrow, NY
- Lee Gavin (Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Cayuse & Umatilla), Pendleton, OR
- Alx Lee (Dine), Fruitland, NM
- Molly Mamaril (Native Hawaiian), Honolulu, HI
- Raven E. Marshall Sicangu (Lakota)/Ihanktonwan (Dakota), Albany, CA
Project Staff
Project Founder/Director
Doug Mitchell – NPR’s Next Generation Radio Project
The journalist/mentors for this project were:
- Jes Abeita (Isleta/Laguna), Audience Engagement Director, Underscore News, Portland, OR
- Adrianna Adame (Mexican and Chippewa Cree), Reporter, Buffalo’s Fire, Bismarck, ND
- Carrie Jung, Education Reporter, WBUR, Boston, MA
- Taylar Stagner (Southern Arapaho/Eastern Shoshone Tribes), Reporter, Wyoming Public Radio, Riverton, WY
- Christine Trudeau (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation), Reporter, News From Native California, Indigenous Journalists Association (IJA) President, San Diego, CA
NPR Next Generation Radio staff:
- Managing Editors – Michelle Faust Raghavan, Founder, Claridad Media, Portland, OR and Adreanna Rodriguez (Standing Rock Sioux), Freelance Journalist/Producer, Oakland, CA
- Digital Editors – Dr. Amara Aguilar, Professor of Professional Practice of Journalism, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Cameo Hill, Web Developer, Tempe, AZ; Heather Gomez (Jicarilla Apache), Tribal Liaison, Rainforest Innovations, Dulce, NM; 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, Freelance Illustrator, Pasadena, CA; Eejoon Choi, Freelance Illustrator, Los Angeles, CA; Lauren Ibañez, Freelance Illustrator, Houston, TX; and Emily Whang, Freelance Illustrator, Los Angeles, CA
- Visual Editors – Furhana Afrid, Communications Specialist, Albuquerque, NM; Corinne Chin, Director of News Talent, The Associated Press, Chicago, IL; and Jaz’min Franks, Freelance Photographer and Creative Director, St. Louis, MO
- Copy Editor – Brent L. Smith, Freelance Copy Editor, Los Angeles, CA
For questions or more information, go here or contact IJA Education Manager Sheena Roetman at sroetman@naja.com.
