NPR's 2006 Next Generation Radio Projects Schedule

Note: the dates are for the length of the actual projects. Some projects are tied to journalism conferences which promote separate but overlapping dates.

Interested in applying to be a student participant of any of these projects? Click on the highlighted acronym. It'll take you to the page where applications exist for these projects.

KUT Austin, Texas
WUNC Chapel Hill, NC
C-U-N-Y New York City, NY
CUNY students only.
Deadline: February 28
NAHJ Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Deadline: March 10
AAJA Honolulu, Hawaii
Deadline: March 3
AHANA Univ of Missouri-Columbia
NAJA Tulsa, Oklahoma
Deadline: May 1
NABJ Indianapolis, Indiana
Deadline: January 30
NLGJA Miami, Florida
Deadline: June 2
KALW San Francisco, CA
CBI/CMA St. Louis MO

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Next Generation Radio is a series of one-week, student radio training projects co-sponsored by NPR and several journalist and media organizations. The projects are designed to give students who are interested in radio and journalism an opportunity to report and produce their own radio story.

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Read about and listen to the projects from the 2005 season.

Read the list of projects for 2006.

NextGen Website Columnists


Extra Life by
Kyle Orland

Mis-Media by
Chantal de la Rionda

The Stitch by
Maria-Martina Castro

The Inside Guy by
Tom Krymkowski