{"id":229,"date":"2020-07-17T18:35:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T18:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/?p=229"},"modified":"2020-07-17T18:45:08","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T18:45:08","slug":"how-the-unexpected-has-confirmed-my-lifes-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/how-the-unexpected-has-confirmed-my-lifes-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"How the unexpected has confirmed my life\u2019s passion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

When I first heard about NPR\u2019s NextGenRadio from a college mentor, she sent the application with a kind, yet daring message: \u201cThis crazy time is the perfect time to try new things. What have you got to lose?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My budding journalism career, prior to this opportunity, was primarily focused in print journalism \u2013 and the audio aspect of this project made me nervous.. But it only took a quick scroll through the website, a few minutes of deliberation and one moment of pure, undiluted curiosity for me to hit the submit button. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year has already proven to be a year of the unexpected. Personally, it was a year where I was supposed to have a graduation ceremony, travel and go to numerous concerts. Perhaps my experience with NextGenRadio falls into this category as well \u2013 unexpected. But in a far more positive way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since I\u2019ve graduated, I\u2019ve felt like I\u2019ve been awfully idle. I do best when I\u2019m busy, and going from editing and writing every day to not at all left me feeling dejected and unsure of myself.  And NextGenRadio gave me the opportunity to do the two things I love the most: report and learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My biggest learning experience was working with Adobe Audition and conducting an interview remotely \u2013 both challenging. It was so insightful to learn about audio editing, and after some time, I even felt like I could do the basics with ease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idle feeling disappeared effortlessly as I immersed myself into storytelling. It\u2019s not until I sat down to write this final reflection that I realized what was my biggest takeaway from this experience: being a storyteller makes me feel alive. NextGenRadio was the life vest, as I drowned in a post-grad slump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project reminded me that while circumstances are uncertain, I am still the person I was pre-graduation: someone who loves to write, share stories and let the music play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am incredibly thankful to have been included in this program, and I couldn\u2019t have done it without the dedicated team of editors and engineers who taught me so many invaluable lessons. Special thanks to my mentor, Jon Reed, for helping me bring my piece to life and guiding me every step along the way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m happy to report: I didn\u2019t lose anything. In fact, I gained a lot. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I first heard about NPR\u2019s NextGenRadio from a college mentor, she sent the application with a kind, yet daring message: \u201cThis crazy time is the perfect time to try new things. What have you got to lose?\u201d My budding journalism career, prior to this opportunity, was primarily focused in print journalism \u2013 and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuer2020.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}