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Illustration by Yunyi Dai<\/em><\/p>\n

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Utah | August 2021<\/span><\/h2>\n

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What does it mean to be an American?<\/span><\/h2>\n

We are finding, coaching and training public media\u2019s next generation. This #nprnextgenradio<\/a> project is created in Utah, where four talented reporters are participating in a week-long state-of-the-art training program.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this project we are speaking to people from various walks of life\u2014whether they are Indigenous, native born, a naturalized citizen, a refugee or an immigrant without legal status\u2014to ask what it means to be an American.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Making a life in America: An Indian immigrant\u2019s story of family, work, and citizenship<\/h1>\n

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Mrinal Shinde emigrated from India to pursue the American Dream. He works in cybersecurity for a financial institution and has built a life here with a wife and son. Now he\u2019s working toward gaining citizenship in the states to build a stable life for him and his family.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Indigenous values guide one restaurateur and activist in Provo<\/h1>\n

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A restaurant owner in Provo shares her Native American food and creates a space for people to express who they are. But as an Indigenous women, she is conflicted about being called an American.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Utah adventurer on loving the outdoors as a disabled American<\/h1>\n

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Louis Arevalo was lucky enough to channel his love of nature into a career as an outdoor photographer. He knew, as all adventurers do, that these activities carry an inherent risk. \u201cI thought broken bones, death [or] dismemberment,” he says. “But I never thought about paralysis.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Standing on ancestors\u2019 shoulders: Passing down what it means to be American and Navajo<\/h1>\n

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The first thing\u00a0<\/span>Heather Tanana’s\u00a0<\/span>children will tell you is that they are Navajo. They know their heritage and are proud of it, she said.\u00a0<\/span>That pride is also reflected in their names.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Next Generation Radio Project<\/a>\u00a0is a week-long digital journalism training project designed to give competitively selected participants, who are interested in radio and journalism, the skills and opportunity to report and produce their own multimedia story. Those chosen for the project are paired with a professional journalist who serves as their mentor.<\/p>\n

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