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I applied for Next Gen Radio after hearing an ad on KUT. I am not a journalist, but I\u2019m a lifelong listener of NPR and I really wanted to participate in this program. Doug Mitchell emailed me a few days after I applied that while the hiring team had already selected the journalism students, they noticed that I have a \u201cstrong background in illustration,\u201d and invited me to join the program as an apprentice illustrator. I was so excited. I still can\u2019t believe that I can say I\u2019ve worked for NPR!<\/p>\n
It was an intense week. I spent most of my days in a very cold air-conditioned room staring intensely at my computer. I was worried that I would feel like the odd one out, but my mentor, Ruth Tam, was really great. This was my first experience working with another illustrator and I was grateful for her company. Ruth had advice on game plan to tackle the workload, color palettes and Twitter. On Tuesday afternoon I realized that the banner image I had been drawing all day wasn\u2019t working conceptually. Ruth was a sympathetic ear to my crisis and talked me down from distress. I started over early the next morning and I\u2019m so glad that I pivoted. The final image showcases who <\/em>\u201cAustin: Over 60\u201d is, and that\u2019s what this collection of stories is all about.<\/p>\n On the first morning of the program, Jennifer Staton from KUT gave us a talk on social media ethics for journalists: don\u2019t express political opinions, don\u2019t publicly donate money, don\u2019t take an opinionated stance on anything lest you compromise your professional nonbiased integrity\u2026. I didn\u2019t have a Twitter until day two of the program (Ruth advised that \u201ctweeting your beat\u201d actually is helpful to stay connected in the professional world), and I wasn\u2019t thrilled at the implication that I shouldn\u2019t be active about issues that I care about. That being said, my ears are open to advice and news, and for now you can follow me @hazeloneil17<\/a>.<\/p>\n What a cool project! I am so proud of the work I\u2019ve done and grateful for the chance to participate in a public ode to my community. I loved meeting local students, mentors, and interviewees. I liked giving tourism recommendations to the visiting team; my mentor was on a quest to sample Austin\u2019s queso and hearing her reviews was a true delight of the week. Austin is near and dear to my heart and this project was a great reminder of why that\u2019s true. Thank you Next Gen Radio for a wonderful week!<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.6″ src=”https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2018\/08\/Cat-Animation-FInal-800wide.gif” \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.6″ src=”https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2018\/08\/Illustration-for-Onaje-Final.jpg” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.6″ src=”https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2018\/08\/AustinNextGenBanner-Final.gif” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I applied for Next Gen Radio after hearing an ad on KUT. I am not a journalist, but I\u2019m a lifelong listener of NPR and I really wanted to participate in this program. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"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":[16],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449"}],"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\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austin2018.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}