{"id":787,"date":"2021-04-30T18:55:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T18:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/okla.nextgenradio.org\/?p=787"},"modified":"2021-04-30T18:55:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T18:55:25","slug":"yes-i-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/okla.nextgenradio.org\/2021\/04\/30\/yes-i-can\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, I can"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I found out I got accepted into NPR\u2019s Next Generation Radio, I felt like I had accomplished something. I heard about the program thanks to a good friend of mine Dr. Craig Freeman. Over the past year, he has been helping find opportunities for me to keep growing as a journalist. He told me Next Generation Radio was a good opportunity for me to start getting familiar with what it\u2019s like working as a journalist\/reporter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though my knowledge on the Tulsa Race Massacre was extremely limited, I knew this was an opportunity I could not let go. I started doing some research on it and also trying to find someone who had a story to share. That\u2019s when I came across Mr. Sean Thomas, who has been working on a couple of interesting projects about the Tulsa Race Massacre. When I found out what his research was all about, it struck my interest in not just the massacre itself, but also why he is doing all of this.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I learned a lot of things this week, not just about the Tulsa Race Massacre or how to work on Adobe Audition, but I also learned some things about myself. I am a person who really struggles with getting out of their comfort zone. So, when I find out that I have to work or do something I have never done before, I start questioning myself:\u00a0 \u201cAm I capable of doing this?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

This week has been a big challenge for me because I had to manage my time between school and the Next Gen project. It was something I did not feel ready to do, but as the week went on I started to realize that I was capable of doing it. We worked on everything at a fast pace, but I was able to handle the work and get things done while staying on top of my classes. So the thing that I learned is that, \u201cYes, I am capable of doing it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, it is also important to have a look at what you do and try to find mistakes that you made or things that you could have done differently. I definitely think there are things that I could’ve done better. My biggest mistake was not giving myself enough time to look into the history behind the massacre before the project started. I think I should\u2019ve looked into the history of Greenwood and the massacre earlier and in order to have a deeper understanding of what I was going to work on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, I am proud of what I accomplished and I think this will help me be more confident in myself and my work. This will also push me to do more stuff like this as I enter my senior year of college.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I found out I got accepted into NPR\u2019s Next Generation Radio, I felt like I had accomplished something. I heard about the program thanks to a good friend of mine Dr. Craig Freeman. Over the past year, he has been helping find opportunities for me to keep growing as a journalist. He told me […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"coauthors":[24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/okla.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/okla.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/okla.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/okla.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/okla.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/okla.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/okla.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/okla.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/okla.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/okla.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}