AAJA Conference
August 14-20, 2005

Five Asian-American students were paired up with mentors, to get hands-on experience in writing, interviewing and recording. The students produced a radio newsmagazine, The Beat, over the course of the week.
Listen to The Beat

Student and Mentors
Meet the talent.


Photo Galleries
The week's experiences, caught on film.

Photo Gallery #1

Photo Gallery #2

Photos from the opening reception

Slideshow preview of the radio newsmagazine show, that was shown at the conference Awards Luncheon Thursday.

AAJALink is the student online project.

About Us

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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Asian American Journalists Association Convention
August 14-20.
Convergence of Culture in the Heartland of America



The sign outside our room at the Hyatt Regency in Minneapolis, MN