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

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Colorado Public Radio | 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><\/span> project is created in Colorado, where five 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 representing a diversity of experiences and backgrounds in gender identity, physical ability, whether they are Indigenous, native born, a refugee or an immigrant without legal status\u2014to ask what it means to be an “American.\u201d
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Two passports, two languages and endless questions<\/h1>\n

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by ANYA QUESNEL<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Anna Sofia Vera is a dual citizen of Chile and the United States who explores what it means to belong when roots in two countries lead to an ever-shifting definition of home.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Serving the country that took me In:<\/h1>\n

A young veteran\u2019s reflections on Afghanistan and patriotism<\/h2>\n

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by BENEDICT WRIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Catalino \u201cCat\u201d Edles\u2019 immigrant background and experience in the military made him value the freedom of being an American. At 27 years old, Edles views America with mixed feelings of both pride and concern as he transitions further into civilian life.
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An African-Caribbean British woman plants roots in her late husband\u2019s hometown and embraces her new American life<\/h1>\n

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by CHRISTEN ALDRIDGE<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Born with Ghanaian and Barbarian heritage, in London, England, Sylvia Lambe never saw herself living in America. Now, five years after the unexpected death of her American husband, Sylvia has planted roots in America as she raises her son in the hometown of her late husband. She shares what it means to be an American through the eyes of an immigrant.<\/span><\/p>\n

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To one Arab-American filmmaker, being American is having the possibility of change<\/h1>\n

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by IVY WINFREY<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Filmmaker Usama Alshaibi came to the United States from Iraq as a child. To him, being American means being proud of who you are and where you came from in the face of overwhelming resistance.<\/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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