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What is StoryCorps mission?
StoryCorps’ mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world.
What is NPR story Corp?
StoryCorps: Recording The Lives And Stories Of Everyday Americans : NPR. StoryCorps: Recording The Lives And Stories Of Everyday Americans StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate the lives of everyday Americans by listening to their stories.
What is the name of a StoryCorps recording initiative that you’d like to know more about why do you think this initiative is impactful?
StoryCorps Historias is an initiative to record the diverse stories and life experiences of Latinos in the United States.
Is StoryCorps a nonprofit?
Your support makes it possible for StoryCorps, an independently funded nonprofit, to collect interviews with people of all backgrounds and to share those stories with broad audiences so that we all can understand that everyone is human, and everyone is worthy of being heard.
What is StoryCorps and how does it work?
StoryCorps is an American non-profit organization whose mission is to record, preserve, and share the stories of Americans from all backgrounds and beliefs. StoryCorps grew out of Sound Portraits Productions as a project founded in 2003 by radio producer David Isay.
Who owns StoryCorps?
Dave Isay
Founder & President Dave Isay is the founder of StoryCorps and the recipient of numerous broadcasting honors, including six Peabody Awards and a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship.
Is StoryCorps part of NPR?
Since 2005, we have been proud to produce segments that are broadcast on NPR’s Morning Edition and on the NPR website, and we partner with local NPR member stations for each stop of our Mobile Tour. If you would like to hear more StoryCorps stories, and see us in more cities, donate to StoryCorps here.
How much does StoryCorps cost?
StoryCorps offers recording and archiving as a free service, and there is no cost to participate. We want everyone to have the opportunity to record, preserve, and share their personal histories with their loved ones, and to become a part of our archive at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
How can I participate in StoryCorps?
Getting Started
- Download the StoryCorps app. Follow the link on the front of the StoryCorps.me page to either the iTunes store (Apple users) or the Google Play store (Android users) to download the app to your mobile device.
- Choose an interview partner.
- Make sure you have uninterrupted time.
Is StoryCorps oral history?
StoryCorps is one of the largest oral history projects of its kind, having collected and archived more than 45,000 interviews with nearly 90,000 participants since 2003.
How do I become a StoryCorps facilitator?
Required: High school diploma or equivalency plus 3 years of relevant full-time professional experience, or 2 or 4-year college degree plus 1 year of relevant full-time professional experience. Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
Where is StoryCorps located?
Its headquarters are located in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York . StoryCorps is modeled—in spirit and in scope—after the efforts of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) of the 1930s, through which oral history interviews across the United States were recorded.
What is StoryCorps and why is it controversial?
StoryCorps stories typically feature tales of survival, which, as one historian has argued, perpetuates an “interpretive straightjacket of the neoliberal belief that people have their fates in their own hands.” StoryCorps has also been criticized for how its stories are framed on Morning Edition.
What is a StoryCorps interview like?
StoryCorps interviews usually take place between two people who know and care about each other. They can be friends, family, or mere acquaintances.
What inspired StoryCorps to start?
Another inspiration for the organization was oral historian Studs Terkel, who cut the ribbon at the opening of StoryCorps’ first recording booth in Grand Central Terminal. To date, StoryCorps has recorded more than 60,000 interviews among more than 100,000 participants in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and several American territories.
