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Midwesterner finds himself in the Deep South’s bayou, thinks he can do radio

by Owen Racer | May 5, 2023 | Owen Racer

Although I’m physically in New Orleans, my spirit has been living rent-free in the bayous of Southeast Louisiana. As someone who’s allergic to seafood, I never thought I’d find such joy in thinking about shrimp for five days straight. Leave it to an NPR sprint and a...

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

The Next Generation 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.

This #NPRNextGenRadio project was funded by WBHM in Birmingham, Ala., Mississippi Public Broadcasting in Jackson, Miss., and WWNO in New Orleans, La.

Our journalist/mentors for this project were:

  • Kyle Gassiott, Operations Manager, Host and Producer, Troy Public Radio, Montgomery, Ala.

  • Kayleigh Skinner, Managing Editor, Mississippi Today, Jackson, Miss.

  • Stephan Bisaha, Reporter, Gulf States Newsroom, Birmingham, Ala.

  • Jennifer Pemberton, Vice President of News and Managing Editor, KTOO, Juneau, Alaska

  • Mónica Ortiz Uribe, Freelance Reporter and Podcast Host, El Paso, Texas

Our staff:

  • Managing Editor – Traci Tong, Freelance Editor, Boston, Mass.

  • Associate Managing Editor – Priska Neely, Managing Editor, Gulf States Newsroom, Birmingham, Ala.

  • Digital Editors – Elaine Heinzman, Senior Content Strategist, Publicis Sapient, Washington, D.C.; Orlando Flores Jr., Digital Editor, Gulf States Newsroom, New Orleans, La.; and Crystal Willis, Digital Editor, KUNR, Reno, Nev.

  • Audio Tech/Engineers – Selena Seay-Reynolds, Freelance Audio Engineer & Project Coordinator, Audiation.fm, Los Angeles, Calif.; and Patrice Mondragon, Freelance, Denver, Colo.

  • Illustrators – Emily Whang, Baltimore, Md.; Eejoon Choi, Los Angeles, Calif.; and Destiny Alexander, Dallas, Texas

  • Visual Editors – Kevin Beaty, The Denverite, Denver, Colo.; and Rory Doyle, Freelance Photographer, Cleveland, Miss.

  • Copy Editor – Brent Smith, Freelance Copy Editor, Los Angeles, Calif.

  • Digital Consultant – Laura Gonzalez, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif. 

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

     

    Creative Commons visual credit: Sound Wave Vectors by Vecteezy