NPR is sponsoring a student training project at the College Broadcasters, Inc. conference in Kansas City, MO. Six students are working with mentors, getting hands-on experience in writing, interviewing and recording.
The students will produce a radio newsmagazine over the course of the week.
Read a list of sessions for which the project team was panelists.
Listen to the radio program (34:00)
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Photos of Erika and the "Ghosts at the Roasterie" story
Erika Solomon - Sophomore, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
Mentor: Deanna Garcia, Reporter NPR member station WXXI - Rochester, NY.
Patricia Li - Graduate student, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Mentor: Beth Graham, News Director, NPR member station WVPE, Elkhart, IN
Adeline Goss - Senior, Brown University, Providence, RI
Mentor: Eve Troeh, Freelance Reporter/Producer - New Orleans, LA
Rita Garcia - Senior, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Mentor: Bill Zeeble, Reporter NPR member station KERA, Dallas, TX
Elizabeth Dwoskin - Recent graduate, Columbia University - New York, NY
Mentor: Sarah Hughes, Reporter, NPR member station WAMU, Washington, DC
LaToya Dennis - Graduate Student, Michigan State University - East Lansing, MI
Mentor: Elaine Heinzman, Production Assistant, NPR's "Weekend Edition Sunday" Washington, DC
Nicole Beemsterboer - Senior, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Mentor: Sarah Hulett, Reporter Michigan Public Radio, East Lansing, MI