NPR’s College Podcast Challenge Info Session
With limited early career opportunities available in the industry right now, how are recent college grads and early career folks getting their name out there? In this roundtable, three former winners of NPR’s College Podcast Challenge discuss their experience entering the national podcasting contest – and everything that came out of it.
This conversation will be moderated by NPR Ed producer Janet Woojeong Lee and joined by:
- Anya Steinberg, 2021 contest winner & staff producer of NPR podcast “Throughline”
- Michael Vargas Arango, 2023 contest winner
- Jo Strogatz, 2024 contest winner
They will reflect on their winning podcasts and share advice on how you or your student can take home the $5,000 grand prize. No prior knowledge or experience is necessary. Many of our contest finalists or even winners have had ZERO PRIOR PODCASTING EXPERIENCE before they made the piece that won them the grand prize!
This webinar is best for any college students, recent grads, educators or audio producers who work with students across all ages. We also have the Student Podcast Challenge for students in grades four through 12, and can answer any questions on that as well.
Speakers
Janet Woojeong Lee
Janet Woojeong Lee (she/her) is a producer at NPR’s education desk. She manages the Student Podcast Challenge, an award-winning podcasting contest for middle, high school and college students. She works closely with students all around the country, and has produced and edited youth-reported stories for the radio and for NPR podcasts like “Up First” and “Code Switch.”
Janet previously taught audio journalism at Columbia Journalism School, and teaches an audio workshop for the Asian American Journalists Association’s high school summer camp.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/woojanetlee
Anya Steinberg
Jo Strogatz
