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Next Generation Radio 2006
North Carolina Public Radio-WUNC has teamed up with the Next Generation Radio project, 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.
The WUNC Next Generation Project ran March 27-31, 2006 and featured some top journalism students from Central North Caroina. You can read their bios, listen to or download their stories and read their scripts below.
 | Gul Tuysuz: Gul's name means “smile” in Turkish. Gul Tuysuz is a junior at Duke University. She is from Istanbul, Turkey. She thinks the name is fitting since she can't help but smile most of the time. Gul comes from the sometimes hectic and always interesting city of Istanbul. When Gul decided to study in the States she was a little hesitant of experiencing the South but now that she knows about grits, country music and why fried chicken is a good thing she feels right at home.   |
 | Sean Maroney: “My passion as a reporter is to tell the story, whether it be in the audience's own backyard or even half a world away. I've traveled from the mountains of Eastern Kentucky all the way to the Andes in Northern Chile in order to bring back some powerful stories to our area. After graduation this spring, I will be the Charles Kuralt Fellow in International Broadcasting for VOA based out of the Washington D.C. headquarters. During my time at UNC, I've had the opportunity to be the Assignments Manager of and report for "Carolina Week," the journalism school's twice-weekly live television newscast, as well as "Carolina Connection," the school's weekly radio show. I'm excited to work with NPR's and WUNC's Next Generation Radio Project to do what I love and grow as a reporter.” |
 | Tiana Robinson: “I am a graduating senior at N.C Central University (NCCU) who aspires to be a professional journalist for local news media. I was born and raised in High Point, NC. I felt that my opportunity to participate in the Next Generation Radio Project would broaden my scope of journalism skills through broadcasting. I've had the advantage of working for the Campus Echo newspaper during my journalism experience as a staff reporter, but I wanted to increase my mass communications background in broadcasting as well. Having the opportunity to participate in this great project with WUNC Public Radio was just the chance I needed to get the experience and skills in radio broadcasting. I believe that radio broadcastings are more effective in connecting with the community on local news.” |
 | Kristi Keck: “I'm a Journalism/Spanish double-major at UNC. I love the excitement of the news and love the art of story-telling... so journalism is a perfect fit for me. I'm the lead producer of Carolina Week, UNC's twice-weekly, live newscast. I also report for UNC's radio show, Carolina Connection. I've interned with CNN, Court TV and WXII. My work has earned awards from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, BEA, SPJ, CBI and the Hearst Foundation. If I'm not in the newsroom, you can find me googling random facts or on my way to get more coffee.” |
 | Emily Vasquez: Emily Vasquez is a senior public policy major and journalism minor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. With the Next Generation Radio project, she stepped outside newspaper newsrooms, where she's worked since high school, to try out reporting with a microphone in hand. Her interests include migration, immigrant rights, and Latin America in general. She has studied abroad in Spain and Argentina and conducted research in Paraguay. North Carolina, though, is home. After graduation, Emily will be interning at the New York Times. |
Mentors and Next Gen Staff:
| Doug Mitchell Project manager next generation radio NPR | Brent Wolfe News Editor WUNC |
| Leoneda Inge Reporter-Changing Economy WUNC | Adam Hochberg Correspondent NPR-Chapel Hill NC |
Special thanks for WUNC | |
