{"id":855,"date":"2017-05-24T21:50:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T21:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reno2017.nextgenradio.org\/?p=855"},"modified":"2017-05-26T20:11:31","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T20:11:31","slug":"i-was-a-digital-guinea-pig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reno2017.nextgenradio.org\/i-was-a-digital-guinea-pig\/","title":{"rendered":"I Was A Digital Guinea Pig"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Miguel Arucan<\/span><\/p>\n

I never thought to enter an atmosphere mainly focused on radio before, until the Dean reached out to our class and encouraged us to apply. And so I did. \"Why not, Miguel?\" I said to myself. Well, a few weeks later, I got the acceptance letter. \"Why not\" turned into, \"What am I gonna do?\" Again, I did not see myself as one who reports. While I am fascinated with writing stories, I solely saw myself providing visuals for stories, whether it was photography, videography and graphic design.<\/p>\n

I researched more on the projects from the previous Next Generation Radio bootcamps. I reached out to the previous applicants as well, and while they said it was exciting, I was still nervous as it was new to me. I remember someone told me that the team chose me and that I was overqualified to be in the boot camp. <\/span><\/p>\n

The first day of boot camp, the managing editor told me that I was the first \"interactive\/digital producer\" for the program. Wait, what? This exists in NPR? In a newsroom? She said, \"You are different, you are going to do other things that the reporters won't do.\" At first, I was a little bit nervous, but she mentioned creating \"web goodies\" that included making charts, graphs, video, audio and photos. Overall, I was assigned to contribute to building the website with a web team. I was elated at this point. She was speaking my language! <\/span><\/p>\n

So for the past few days, I've seen myself creating media assets that I never thought was crucial to the newsroom. I was also shooting video of the reporters doing their tasks. \"Ashley! Sorry, but I need an audiogram for today,\" someone would say. And inside my head, I was excited to create another visual. Truly, it was stressful, but it was the type of pressure that I enjoy. It was the right kind of stress! It was fascinating to see that the reporters depended on the web\/design team to present their story in a captivating way. Because social media is changing the way media reaches out to the audience, I learned that it is essential for visual journalists to be a part of the team. <\/span><\/p>\n

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