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Padrino is on break.
12/18/2025

Padrino is on break.

RIP Charles Robinson, stalwart. In 2015 I worked with him, (middle, then left to right), and on the conference plan...
12/17/2025

RIP Charles Robinson, stalwart.
In 2015 I worked with him, (middle, then left to right), and on the conference planning committee.
Always a kind word and lots of energy and handing over what he knew to younger folks.

Nearly 15 years ago, I was co-directing a startup program with a grant from I learned that the and also, were helping...
11/18/2025

Nearly 15 years ago, I was co-directing a startup program with a grant from
I learned that the and also, were helping people launch their own journalism startups.
Nadine and I stated collaborating then and have been ever since.

With Indigenous Journalists Association – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉
11/15/2025

With Indigenous Journalists Association – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

Wrapped up my second Forum with impactguild.org. Big thanks to true OG mentee for sponsoring my entry three years ago. ...
11/15/2025

Wrapped up my second Forum with impactguild.org. Big thanks to true OG mentee for sponsoring my entry three years ago.
We were talking with a third person who asked, "So, what do you two do." We both answered and at the same time, "Conspire." 🤪

In LA for a Forum and squeezing in some Next Gen OG time. Dinner with mentor and mentee Eve Troeh, my long time friend a...
11/13/2025

In LA for a Forum and squeezing in some Next Gen OG time. Dinner with mentor and mentee Eve Troeh, my long time friend and colleague Mandalit del Barco and LA based entertainment writer (former NPR Intern) Sabrina Ford.
Then, early coffee with Next Gen mentor, mentee and reporter

In Dallas for a family event so got our Fort Worth Next Gen collective together. (left) just got married and her husban...
11/10/2025

In Dallas for a family event so got our Fort Worth Next Gen collective together. (left) just got married and her husband Sal is behind her.. Alumna (center) will marry mentor (right) next year. Finally met in person who was in our 2025 Texas Newsroom project this past August.

That time, when sitting on the top deck of a river boat in Gaia, Portugal, shooting the s*** with your brother-in-law, a...
10/28/2025

That time, when sitting on the top deck of a river boat in Gaia, Portugal, shooting the s*** with your brother-in-law, and he says the place he had dinner was playing . What??? 👀
Checked it out, and it's true.
Thanks

First time in Spain 🇪🇸 Caught up today with Next Gen Managing Editor .saldivia who lives here and just before her little...
10/14/2025

First time in Spain 🇪🇸 Caught up today with Next Gen Managing Editor .saldivia who lives here and just before her little boy’s nap time 😴 ✅

This is after 45 minutes in line. Glad I don't have to be anywhere
10/13/2025

This is after 45 minutes in line. Glad I don't have to be anywhere

I left for three weeks in Portugal and Spain and BUT ran into , another regular from the Friday hang in Gaithersburg, M...
10/13/2025

I left for three weeks in Portugal and Spain and BUT ran into , another regular from the Friday hang in Gaithersburg, MD.
She's off to Germany for a business trip. Thanks for the beers 🍻

In my 7th year on the Board of Trustees for and this is my third local journalism summit. Summit is titled: "Inclusion,...
10/09/2025

In my 7th year on the Board of Trustees for and this is my third local journalism summit.
Summit is titled: "Inclusion, Belonging and and Local Leadership."
Nice to not have to get on a plane this time.

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We are the Next Generation OF Radio

Some history: Next Gen was named in 2000 by me, because I could. I was producing a news-magazine at NPR so the training was at first, a side hustle. We were shooting video, photos and producing stories for web-based streaming long before it because what it is today. I was using iMovie when it first came out so I could shoot, edit and post video files of my then boss, talking about how to pitch a story or one of our engineers talking about how to get good sound. Back then, there was no YouTube, Twitter or Snapchat. Facebook was for students-only. There was no universal broadband, WiFi was beginning to take off and yet, we were what they now call "digital-first." NPR stations were extremely hesitant to put any student work on the air. So, we built sites on each location, I brought in an NPR staffer who knew how to build sites (even tho' it wasn't her day-job) and our approach to student training was born.

I like to brag about our program alumni so here are a few:

Lee Hill, Director, Content Strategy, New York Public

Christina Stella, Producer, Nebraska Public Radio, Lincoln, Neb