{"id":668,"date":"2019-05-24T18:06:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T18:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/?p=668"},"modified":"2019-05-24T20:05:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T20:05:06","slug":"learning-new-skills-after-a-humbling-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/2019\/05\/24\/learning-new-skills-after-a-humbling-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning new skills after a humbling experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t think I’ll ever forget being a part of NPR\u2019s Next Generation Radio. From not having any prior radio experience to mediocre skills with Adobe Audition, I\u2019m proud with how much I\u2019ve grown professionally as a journalist in just one week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Coming into this project, I was excited. Others I knew who had previously participated in the project spoke kindly about their experience.\u00a0 I was very passionate about the story I pitched and couldn’t wait to get started on in. I was able to talk to my amazing mentor, Gus Contreras, before the project started and he was just as excited I was, so I felt ready going in. <\/span><\/p>\n

Once we did start the project on Monday, May 20, 2019, my originally story fell through and I was left having to find a new story. I\u2019ve never felt as anxious and frustrated as I did on that first day. I felt like I had already failed before I could even get started. My mentor, Gus, was there by my side to remind me that this is something that happens all the time in the world of journalism. I\u2019ve had interviews fall through in the past, but I was so nervous since this was the first time I felt like I was a professional and I wanted to succeed. <\/span><\/p>\n

After a bit of time, we were finally able to get back on track once I found Karen Goforth, who was very open to doing the story. I was grateful and I felt like I was finally able to breathe. This was my time to tell her story. <\/span><\/p>\n

Before this, I was not confident in my audio skills since I work more with video, but I knew this would help me gain those skills I was searching for. I wanted to explore other platforms to see how I would like it. Throughout the week, Gus guided me in creating this story and taught me new skills, like editing audio and interviewing skills, that I\u2019ll be able to use after the project, and I\u2019m thankful for that. I\u2019m a recent graduate from the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno and I\u2019m getting ready to start my career, yet I have no track on where to begin. Even though I don\u2019t know where I\u2019m starting yet, these skills are beneficial to me as I can use them in any form of journalism. <\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, I\u2019m grateful for the experience I had on this project. My mentor Gus, our editor Traci Tong, and everyone else made themselves available to help the students succeed in this project and guided us to produce work we\u2019re proud of. I\u2019m ready to take all these skills I gained from this boot camp to help me officially start my career as journalist. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before this, I was not confident in my audio skills since I work more with video, but I knew this would help me gain those skills I was searching for. I wanted to explore other platforms to see how I would like it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"coauthors":[17],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reno2019.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}