{"id":1186,"date":"2021-11-05T18:42:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T18:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naja-nextgen2021.nextgenradio.org\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2021-11-05T18:42:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T18:42:10","slug":"wanting-independence-overcoming-self-doubt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naja-nextgen2021.nextgenradio.org\/2021\/11\/05\/wanting-independence-overcoming-self-doubt\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanting independence, overcoming self-doubt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the NexGenRadio intensive program this week, I found myself in an environment I haven\u2019t really been in before. I have been used to being left on my own to do my work at my current and previous job. This more independent environment is how I prefer to work because it shows that editors have trust in my ability. This program was not like that, and at times, it made me feel like people <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">didn\u2019t <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">think I was capable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I really enjoyed talking with Nancy and I think her story is an important one to tell. I\u2019m so grateful for her willingness to talk about hard subjects with language and loss as well. Indigenous language revitalization is a really hard process, and so many factors lead to people getting discouraged. But not Nancy. Her perseverance in learning her language, especially during the pandemic, will be an inspiration to a lot of people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of my favorite parts was seeing my audio story getting mixed. I felt like that was where I learned most in the project. I had knowledge of most of the basic things in Audition, but I learned some new techniques that I\u2019ll start to use in my radio stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overall, I\u2019m glad I was able to be a part of this program and be connected to Indigenous and other POC journalists around the country. When I was applying for the program, I honestly didn\u2019t think my pitch was that good. Journalism historically has not been a friendly field for BIPOC people. Through this program and talking with my mentor, I realize that, while that is by design, I am capable of being in this field, and more than capable. I belong in the field, for as long as I want to be there.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the NexGenRadio intensive program this week, I found myself in an environment I haven\u2019t really been in before. I have been used to being left on my own to do my work at my current and previous job. This more independent environment is how I prefer to work because it shows that editors have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":469,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"coauthors":[31],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naja-nextgen2021.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naja-nextgen2021.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naja-nextgen2021.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naja-nextgen2021.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naja-nextgen2021.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naja-nextgen2021.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naja-nextgen2021.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naja-nextgen2021.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naja-nextgen2021.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1186"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naja-nextgen2021.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}