Our Reporters
Owen Christopher
Rapid City native Owen Christopher (he/him) is a graduate of the Reynolds School of Journalism from the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). During his time at UNR, he was a founding member of the film club and he worked as a documentarian producing films about the Nevada gaming industry and a local Aztec dance group, which won best picture at the UNR Documentary Film Festival in 2022.
Owen is an aspiring documentary filmmaker and storyteller. He has a passion for collecting vintage technology. His prized piece is a professional-grade 1994 CRT TV. He currently resides in Las Vegas.
A week of re-planning, re-interviewing, and re-writing
First of all I want to thank everyone for making this bootcamp and my story a success. Without the support of my mentor Tim, and all the other editors it would have been a sad week instead of a triumphant one. Going into this week, I was pretty nervous. I applied and...
Christopher Darché
Christopher Darché (he/him) is a graduate student at the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is pursuing a master’s degree in Media Innovation.
Chris wants to teach people about other cultures, and he has worked as a Health Extension Agent for the Peace Corps in Senegal, West Africa. In Senegal, Chris had the chance to produce a few multimedia projects about Senegalese culture.
Currently, he is volunteering at PBS Reno as a production assistant. Chris is passionate about the outdoors and loves hiking and exploring the world.
Learning the basics of journalism from the best in the business
I was chosen to participate in the NPR Next Generation Radio Program. It was quite an experience because I had the chance to produce a journalistic piece that will become a multimedia web story. I learned so much from my mentor, Natalie Van Hoozer. I learned the...
Colton Jimenez
Colton Jimenez (he/him) is a senior at the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno. He enjoys writing both fiction and nonfiction. His goal is to share stories that highlight the role of peace and harmony in humanity and how people from all walks of life are interconnected.
His reporting work with The Reynolds Sandbox covered the lives of immigrants and abortion in Latin America. In addition, he also produced a satirical analysis on Sonoma County, where he was born and raised.
Colton loves to read and his favorite book is The Great Gatsby by Scott F. Fitzgerald because of the sensory details in the prose.
Connect with Colton: Twitter
From wildfires to birds, everyone has a story
Growing up in Sonoma County California, I’ve witnessed firsthand the destruction global warming has caused....
Kingkini Sengupta
Kingkini Sengupta (she/her) is currently pursuing her master’s degree with the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno. A former broadcast producer, she has a newfound love of storytelling and writing.
She has a prior degree in Social Communications Media from SCMSophia, University of Mumbai, India. She has also worked for six years with two Indian news channels: New Delhi Television (NDTV) and Republic TV. Kingkini is excited to work as a States Newsroom Fellow this upcoming summer with Nevada Current, a Las Vegas-based digital publication.
Kingkini loves traveling, experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen and playing with dogs. She uses food to bond with people she does not know. Someday besides being a successful multimedia journalist, she would love to open her own Indian restaurant and chai cafe in the United States.
This is not the end, but the beginning of my journey
I guess I have been in the United States long enough to turn in a reflection paper easily. Ten months and a few reflections later, here I am, still struggling to decide on what I want to write. More so, because reflections mostly mark the end of something. This week...
Nancy Vazquez
Nancy Vazquez (they/them) was born and raised in Reno, Nevada. They are of Latinx descent. They are expected to graduate from the Reynolds School of Journalism in the Spring of 2023. Nancy seeks to cover underrepresented communities and the arts. As a first-generation student they are committed to work on stories about immigrant communities that uplift and highlight the voices of people from those communities.
Nancy dreams of becoming a multimedia journalist. They currently work as a freelance photographer and have worked as a reporter for Our Town Reno. They are an artist whose work can be considered traditional and participate in local art shows often.
Journalism really is my calling
Everything went by in the blink of an eye. At the same time it feels like it’s been forever. I still can’t grasp that I was chosen to participate in this wonderful opportunity. I’m proud to say that I now have bragging rights. Truly excited to add this to my...
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
The Next Generation Radio Project is a week-long digital journalism training project designed to give competitively selected participants, who are interested in radio and journalism, the skills and opportunity to report and produce their own multimedia story. Those chosen for the project are paired with a professional journalist who serves as their mentor.
This #NPRNextGenRadio project was funded by The Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Our staff:
- Managing Editor – Traci Tong, Freelance Editor, Boston, MA
- Digital Editors – Amara Aguilar, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Laura Gonzalez, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; and Crystal Willis, KUNR Public Radio, Reno, NV
- Audio Tech/Engineers – Selena Seay-Reynolds, Next Gen Radio Lead Audio Engineer, Los Angeles, CA; and Yuki Liang, Los Angeles, CA
- Illustrators – Eejoon Choi, Northridge, CA; Lauren Ibanez, Houston, TX; and Ard Su, New York, NY
- Visuals – Michelle Baker, Freelance Visual Journalist, Reno, NV
- Web Developer – Robert Boos, Web Developer/Editor, Minneapolis, MN
Our journalist/mentors for this project were:
- Anh Gray, Audio Coach, The GroundTruth Project, home to Report for America, Reno, NV
- Tim Lenard, Visual Journalist, The Nevada Independent, Reno, NV
- Jazmin Orozco-Rodriguez, Reporter, Kaiser Health News, Elko, NV
- Regina Revazova, Founder, Open Conversation, Phoenix, AZ
- Natalie Van Hoozer, Bilingual Reporter, KUNR Public Radio, Reno, NV
The Next Generation Radio program is directed by its founder, Doug Mitchell, NPR, Washington DC.