How the NPR College Podcast Challenge changed lives
NPR reflects on the impact of its annual College Podcast Challenge by interviewing past winners about their career trajectories. The article highlights how the competition served as a professional springboard for young journalists and creatives.
Why it matters
It demonstrates the role of media-sponsored educational initiatives in fostering professional development and storytelling skills among college students.
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I was in my final stretch of college, during the height of the pandemic. I was holed up in my house in Colorado Springs, Colo., doing homework at the dining room table, when my phone rang. NPR education reporter Sequoia Carrillo was on the line, calling to tell me I had won the 2021 College Podcast Challenge .
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