Website NPR Next Gen Radio
Next Gen Radio is a 5-day, audio-focused, digital journalism project. Our hybrid (some people in-person, some not) program is designed to give competitively selected participants the opportunity to learn how to report and produce a non-narrated audio piece and a companion multimedia story. Those chosen for the program are paired with a professional journalist, who serves as their mentor for the week, and the chosen participant is paid a stipend for their work.
NPR’s Next Gen Radio projects are hybrid (remote and in-person). Our selected cohort will report from where they are. Staffing varies with each project, but mentors fit into these general categories.
This Next Gen behind-the-scenes explainer video uses as a backdrop, our March 2023 project at the Wallis Annenberg School of Communications and Journalism at the University of Southern California.
You can also read our Frequently Asked Questions.
Our 2025 project schedule (subject to change)
Next?
Cincinnati Public Radio, July 13-18
Texas Newsroom, August 24-29
(App Deadline Sunday, July 28, 11:59 PM)
Syracuse University/WXXI Rochester, NY, October 5-10
Apply to a Project
To apply for this job please visit nextgenradio.org.