StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives through listening. It is a project of Sound Portraits Productions in partnership with the Library of Congress, NPR, and public radio stations nationwide.

Press contact:

Debra Duffy
Dan Klores Communications
212-685-4300
Debra_Duffy@dkcnews.com

Press resources:

• StoryCorps in the news
• Griot Initiative in the news
• Memory Loss Initiative in the news
• Listening Is an Act of Love, The Penguin Press; November 2007
• Press releases
• Hi-resolution photos for print and web
• Staff biographies
• Supporters and National Partners
  
• Audio introduction to StoryCorps
• Listen Closely, the weekly StoryCorps e-newsletter
• On the blogs
• The StoryCorps blog

Fast facts:

• The project is called StoryCorps (pronounced "story core").

• Our mission is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives through listening. We accomplish this by recording high-quality interviews between friends or family, in which one person interviews the other. A trained Facilitator guides the interview, if necessary, and handles all the technical aspects of the recording.

• StoryCorps has traveled across the country, visiting over 100 towns and cities in 46 states -  more than 18,000 interviews in all. It is the largest oral history project of its kind.

• StoryCorps has two StoryBooths in New York City, one in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and another in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition, our three MobileBooths travel cross-country, collecting the stories of everyday Americans.

• Our flagship StoryBooth opened on October 23, 2003, in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal.

• Our first two traveling MobileBooths embarked on their cross-country journeys on May 19, 2005.

• StoryCorps operates several special initiatives, including the Griot Initiative, the Memory Loss Initiative, and the September 11th Initiative.

• Each StoryBooth is affiliated with a local public radio station. With the permission of the participants, edited stories from each booth are broadcast on the partner public radio station. Some are broadcast nationally on NPR’s Morning Edition and News & Notes.

• Interviews recorded are added to the StoryCorps Archive, housed at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.

• StoryCorps participants receive a broadcast-quality copy of their interview on CD at the end of their session.

• The suggested donation for an hour-long StoryBooth session is $10 to help cover costs of recording, archiving, and preserving each interview while ensuring access to everyone.