{"id":308,"date":"2018-08-26T00:04:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T00:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/?p=308"},"modified":"2018-08-26T00:11:08","modified_gmt":"2018-08-26T00:11:08","slug":"reflection-evelyn-moreno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/2018\/08\/26\/reflection-evelyn-moreno\/","title":{"rendered":"Is This Real Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Familiar with the moments where you just have to take a minute to stop and say to yourself, \u201cis this real life?!\u201d? Let me just say that I had a couple of those moments from the moment I found out I would be able to be a part of the Next Generation Radio Project! Below is a list including some, but definitely not all, of those euphoric moments (supported by gifs of course).<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Getting a text from Next Generation Radio\u2019s Doug Mitchell while at dinner and nearly choking on my soy nugget then swallowing and doing a happy dance at the table<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Finding out my mentor was Jolie Myers, the FREAKING Supervising Editor of ALL THINGS CONSIDERED!!! Again, a happy dance but this time two of my great friends joined me and expressed their excitement and slight jealousy<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Discussing exciting stories to pursue with Jolie and getting super pumped only to hit a dead end (bittersweet)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Meeting with all the incredible people I\u2019d be working with while enjoying queso at Kerbey Lane<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Meeting with Dianne Odegard, an absolutely incredible woman, and hearing her heartwarming story \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Doing yet another happy dance because the interview was incredibly rewarding, AND we got to pet a bat<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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              1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Feeling spoiled because I had the chance to be joined in the field by the most talented women (thank you Jolie, Hazel O\u2019Neil and Patrice Mondragon)!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Feeling like my head would explode (for the best possible reason) because of all I was learning about audio editing such as the importance of ambient noise, breaths, laughs and more<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                  1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Feeling elated because the story came along so well<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                    1. \u00a0Geeking out about All Things Considered with Dianne, seeing pictures of Jolie\u2019s dog (MEATLOAF) and sharing cute animal pictures with her as well and freaking out over Hazel\u2019s beautiful illustrations<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                      Anyway, silly gifs aside, I am incredibly grateful to have been able to be a part of this project. I believe that projects like this are vital to students and recent graduates because it allows you to learn more about reporting, gain new skills and in essence grow as a reporter and student. Thank you Doug, Traci, Jolie, Hazel, Patrice, Sean, Lourdes, Marnette and everyone else who was a part of the 2018 Next Generation Radio Project! Till next time! <\/span><\/p>\n

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                      \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> Familiar with the moments where you just have to take a minute to stop and say to yourself, \u201cis this real life?!\u201d? Let me just say that I had a couple of those moments from the moment I found out I would be able to be a part of the Next Generation Radio Project! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"coauthors":[15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}