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News Articles: Series: Student Podcast Challenge

Jo Strogatz, 23, is the grand-prize winner of the NPR College Podcast Challenge. She spoke with NPR at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine, where she produced <em>Just Friends</em>.

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This award-winning podcast explores finding happiness as a young, single person

From hundreds of entries, our judges chose one student's intimate telling of the value of lifelong friendships and being single as the grand-prize winner of the NPR College Podcast Challenge.

May 20, 2025
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By:
  • Jonaki Mehta and
  • Janet W. Lee

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  • Education

Deadline Extended: NPR Student Podcast Challenge entries are now due May 25

Entries for our seventh annual contest for fourth grade podcasters, and middle and high school students are now due Sunday, May 25 at midnight E.T.

May 07, 2025
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By:
  • Janet W. Lee and
  • Steve Drummond

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  • Education

March Madness begins for NPR's College Podcast Challenge

Our 10 finalists for the best college podcasts in the country include students from some familiar schools, and a few surprises.

March 16, 2025
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By:
  • Steve Drummond and
  • Janet W. Lee
Fifth graders Kenley Taylor (left) and Gabby De Sa (right) work on story outlining during a MagTV morning meeting at Magnolia Elementary School in Carlsbad, Calif.

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  • Education

How many fourth-graders does it take to make a podcast? Here's what we learned

Students in an elementary school broadcasting club in California are among the youngest winners of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge.

February 24, 2025
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By:
  • Janet W. Lee and
  • Lauren Migaki
Fifth grader Ameya Desai works at her research project that she's presenting to her class at Williams Elementary School in San Jose, Calif. Her podcast about her grandfather's immigration story was one of the fourth grade winners in the 2024 NPR Student Podcast Challenge.

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  • Education

A 10-year-old's story of family immigration that spans three continents

A California fourth-grader's interview with her grandfather, who was forced out of Uganda before moving to the U.S., is one of our outstanding podcasts.

February 24, 2025
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By:
  • Janet W. Lee and
  • Lauren Migaki

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  • Education

Calling all students! NPR's Student Podcast Challenge returns for 2025

For its seventh year, our national podcasting competition will invite students from all around the country, in grades four through 12, to bring us their best audio stories.

December 21, 2024
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  • Janet W. Lee and
  • Steve Drummond

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  • Education

2024 Student Podcast Challenge Honorable Mentions

Here are the honorable mentions from the 2024 Student Podcast Challenge. Congratulations!

October 24, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Eden Alonso-Rivera of Grandville, Mich. is the Student Podcast Challenge 2024 high school winner for her podcast "A Relationship Behind Bars" about her father's incarceration.

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  • Education

'You're not alone:' A teen podcaster sends message to kids with incarcerated parents

Eden Alonso-Rivera of Grandville, Mich. is the high school winner of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge. Her winning entry, "A Relationship Behind Bars," is about her father's incarceration.

October 15, 2024
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By:
  • Cory Turner and
  • Janet W. Lee

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  • Education

Announcing NPR's fourth annual College Podcast Challenge

NPR's national podcasting contest for college students is now open for entries. Submit for a chance to win the $5,000 grand prize. Deadline is January 10.

September 20, 2024
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By:
  • Janet W. Lee and
  • Steve Drummond
Lilla Lanivich, 14, and her service dog, Lopez, outside their family’s home in Rochester Hills, Mich. This year’s middle school winner of the NPR Student Podcast Challenge tells how her golden retriever, Lopez, helped restore her independence.

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  • Children's Health

Chronic illness shattered this teen's life. Her service dog helped get it back

The middle school winner of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge tells how her golden retriever, Lopez, changed her life.

September 07, 2024
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By:
  • Sequoia Carrillo and
  • Janet W. Lee

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  • Education

Hear what the nation's top student podcasters have to say

In its sixth year, our contest handed over the mic to fourth graders for the very first time. We received nearly 2,000 entries from all around the country — and we've narrowed it down to 10 middle school and 10 high school finalists.

September 02, 2024
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By:
  • Janet W. Lee,
  • Lauren Migaki,
  • and 1 more

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  • Education

Hear here! Our list of the best podcasts by fourth graders

For the first time ever, NPR presents the fourth grade winners of the Student Podcast Challenge.

August 30, 2024
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By:
  • Lauren Migaki

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  • Education

Announcing the 2023 College Podcast Challenge Honorable Mentions

Here are the honorable mentions from the 2023 College Podcast Challenge. Congrats!

May 15, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom

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  • Education

Deadline Extended: NPR Student Podcast Challenge entries are now due May 31

Entries for our sixth annual contest for middle and high school students (and our first-ever fourth grade competition) are now due Friday, May 31 at midnight E.T.

May 13, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Vargas Arango, 22, is a second-year student at Miami Dade College, studying business and psychology.

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  • Education

College student explores rare mental health condition in award-winning podcast

This year's winning entry is an emotional account of living with schizoaffective disorder, from a student at Miami Dade College.

May 03, 2024
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By:
  • Elissa Nadworny and
  • Janet W. Lee
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