It Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect

It Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect

By: Morgan Kuehler I have some perfectionist tendencies. Often times when I meet new people, I feel like it’s my job to make sure that the other person comes away from the interaction liking me and thinking I’m talented. I walked into NPR’s Next Generation Radio...
The Lesson I Didn’t Know I Needed

The Lesson I Didn’t Know I Needed

This week was nothing like I thought it would be. To any upcoming Next Generation Radio student, a word of advice: If you have any expectations— drop them. When I got accepted to the program, I was excited to have my journalistic skills stretched and challenged....
A Learning Lesson

A Learning Lesson

My official invitation email to this year’s Next Generation Radio program filled me with relief as well as anxiety. I’d have the opportunity to learn from some of the best journalists in my dream industry, but I also worried that I’d have no skills of my own to show....
What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You A Better Journalist

What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You A Better Journalist

I was a different person a week ago. Now that I’m through the gauntlet of NextGenRadio, I’m ready to take on the world. The program reinforced the lessons I learned during my time at Texas State University and “The Texas Standard” on KUT Austin. It also gave me new...
Going The Distance

Going The Distance

The first time I heard Dora speak to me on the phone, I thought of my grandma. With her thick accent, kind tone and constant breaks for laughter, it was more like I was calling her to catch up, rather than to introduce myself. When I found out she lived in Del Valle,...