IN THE NEWS
The stories of StoryCorps and our participants have been the subject of features in press outlets across the nation. Here is a sampling of some of the media attention that illuminates our initiatives. For more press about our new book, Listening Is an Act of Love, see What People Are Saying.
2008
Blackvoices. University of Souther California. May 11, 2008
Telling your mother’s story
ABC News10. Sacramento, California. May 10, 2008
Sacramentans sharing life stories for future generations
Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. May 8, 2008
Oral history effort holds interviews at Enfield Library
Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. April 28, 2008
‘Everybody’s story matters’: Oral history project comes to Boise
The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. April 27, 2008
NPR wants your story
Baker Orange. Baldwin City, Kansas. April 25, 2008
Students, professors record memories for StoryCorps
San Mateo County Times. San Mateo, California. April 24, 2008
Passover celebrates history through tales
The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. April 21, 2008
StoryCorps trailer rolls into Sacramento
The News Journal. Georgetown, Delaware. April 19, 2008
Storytelling studio sets up shop in Del.
Delmarva Daily Times. Delmarva, Delaware. April 12, 2008
NPR fosters storytelling: StoryCorps call for Delmarva residents to share history
The Sacramento Union. Sacramento, California. April 10, 2008
National oral history project comes to Sacramento
Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. April 6, 2008
With a microphone, memories saved
Cape Gazette. Cape Region, Delaware. March 31, 2008
StoryCorps to record oral histories in Georgetown in April
Sun Journal. New Bern, North Carolina. March 28, 2008
Want to tell your story? Oral history project may want to preserve it
The News Journal. Georgetown, Delaware. March 27, 2008
Sussex: StoryCorps to record oral histories at Del Tech
Reporter News. Abilene, Texas. March 20, 2008
StoryCorps can make you pals for posterity
Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. March 18, 2008
Boise State Radio has worked to bring NPR hosts, a quiz show and an oral history program to town
Abilene Reporter-News. Abilene, Texas. March 12, 2008
A chance for people to tell their story
Outer Banks Sentinel. Outer Banks, North Carolina. February 28, 2008
Unique local stories sought by visiting StoryCorps
Camp Lejeune Globe. Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. February 28, 2008
StoryCorps to visit Camp Lejeune
The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. February 17, 2008
Library sound booth transforms lives into legacies
Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, North Carolina. February 9, 2008
In sound booth, lives become legacy
San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas. February 8, 2008
For generations as yet unborn, voices tell stories of their lives
LA Weekly Columns, Los Angeles, California. February 6, 2008
StoryCorps’ oral historians: Lift every voice
Montgomery Advertiser, Montgomery, Alabama. February 6, 2008
Team on cross-country story search
Citizen-Times.com, Asheville, North Carolina. January, 29, 2008
Rescuing memories: Project aims to capture, record fading life stories
Austin American-Statesman. Austin, Texas. January 28, 2008
StoryCorps founder finds new reasons to listen every day
Los Angeles Time. Los Angeles, California. January 25, 2008
Collecting L.A’s life stories, one person at a time
The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. January 18, 2008
Turning a page to save stories for posterity
The Hornet Tribune, Montgomery, Alabama. January 13, 2008
StoryCorps Griot stops at ASU to record oral histories
The Emporia Gazette. Emporia, Kansas. January 12, 2008
Everyone has a story to tell
Citizen-Times.com, Asheville, North Carolina. January 9, 2008
StoryCorps coming to MemoryCare
The Gazette. Montreal, Canada. January 7, 2008
People bowl you over with their tales
Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. January 6, 2008
StoryCorps turns attention from celebrities to everyday folks
Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. January 6, 2008
StoryCorps: Personal histories as reality radio
2007
ABC.com. December 19, 2007
Excerpt: ‘Listening Is an Act of Love’
Denver Post, Denver, Colorado. December 15, 2007
Preserving our history
Time.com. December 11, 2007
Dave Isay: Tell me a story
Philadelphia Daily News. December 10, 2007
These Philadelphians are making history
The Epoch Times. November 30, 2007
StoryCorps: ‘Listening Is an Act of Love’
The Argonaut, Santa Monica, California. November 21, 2007
KCRW brings ‘StoryCorps’ MobileBooth to 3rd Street (pdf)
USA Today. November 20, 2007
‘Listening’ a page-turner packed with historic revelations
The Villiage Voice, New York, New York. November 20, 2007
Headless models and disembodied voices at Grand Central
Tennessean.com, Nashville, Tennessee. November 18, 2007
Project preserves of black history memories
WMCTV.com, Memphis, Tennessee. November 17, 2007
StoryCorps project preserves memories of black history
Dayton Daily News, Dayton, Ohio. November 11, 2007
Collection of StoryCorps segments riveting, moving
The Star-Ledger, Newark, New Jersey. November 11, 2007
Corps curriculum
St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Florida. November 11, 2007
Whatever happened to…the man who got people talking
The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon. November 10, 2007
For posterity, taking stories to Sacred Heart
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 9, 2007
Program’s creator began by listening
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 9, 2007
Ordinary folk, extraordinary stories
WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show, New York, New York. November 8, 2007
Hearing with a heart
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Washington. November 8, 2007
Powerful experiences unfold on the pages of ‘Listening Is an Act of Love’
NPR.org. November 8, 2007
StoryCorps: ‘Listening Is an Act of Love’
Aging Today, San Francisco, California. July-August, 2007
NPR’s StoryCorps initiative helps preserve fading memories (pdf)
The Cape Cod Times, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. June 1, 2007
StoryCorps collects, archives Cape tales
MSNBC.com. April 12, 2007
Capturing history—one voice at a time (with video)
The Hill, Washington, D.C. April 4, 2007
Lawmakers find deeper meaning in personal stories
The Star-Ledger, Newark, New Jersey. April 2, 2007
In 40 minutes, stories of a lifetime
The Independent Weekly, Lafayette, Louisiana. January 31, 2007
What’s Your Story?
NY1, New York, New York. January 23, 2007
Website Records Oral History Of America Through Personal Stories
The Journal Times, Racine, Wisconsin. January 21, 2007
StoryCorps records the tales of the ordinary American
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. January 20, 2007
This is your life, Milwaukee residents
2006
The Baltimore Examiner, Baltimore, Maryland. October 27, 2006
NPR’s StoryCorps brings soundstage to Inner Harbor
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas. October 15, 2006
Stories to tell
The Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts. October 3, 2006
Everyday people get a vehicle for life stories
The Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts. September 25, 2006
Capturing everyday stories seeks to preserve traditions
WNYC, New York, New York. September 11, 2006
9/11 Stories on The Brian Lehrer Show (with audio)
Channel 7 Eyewitness News, New York, New York. September 9, 2006
Recording the stories of the victims of terrorism (with video)
The Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts. September 7, 2006
If you’ve got stories to tell, WBUR would like to hear them
The New York Sun, New York, New York. September 6, 2006
Audio Recordings of September 11 Memories Being Collected
NY1, New York, New York. September 5, 2006
World Trade Center Memorial Museum Announces StoryCorps Project (with video)
International Herald Tribune, Paris, France. September 5, 2006
Oral histories at WTC museum will keep stories alive
Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine. September 1, 2006
Grass-roots history
Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine. August 13, 2006
Project to let Mainers tell - and save - stories
WCAX-TV News, Burlington, Vermont. August 3, 2006
Public Radio Brings Oral History to Vermont
Out in the Mountains, Burlington, Vermont. August, 2006
StoryCorps Comes to Town
Missouri Valley Times-News, Missouri Valley, Iowa. July 17, 2006
The People’s Business - An opportunity to tell your story
Columbia Journalism Review, New York, New York. July/August 2006
Other Voices
Quad City Times, Davenport, Iowa. July 11, 2006
The People’s Business: StoryCorps collects oral histories in Iowa
Rocky Mountain News, Denver Colorado. June 9, 2006
Tom Sutherland’s story a tight fit for 40-minute CD
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. June 9, 2006
Folks invited to record their oral histories with the StoryCorps
WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. June 6, 2006
StoryCorps to Record Pittsburgh’s History
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. June 5, 2006
StoryCorps project records everyday people
Current, Tacoma Park, Maryland. May 30, 2006
StoryCorps puts flesh on the bones of history
NPR.org. May 23, 2006
StoryCorps Founder David Isay
Austin American-Statesman, Austin, Texas. April 18, 2006
Everyday people tell their stories in nationwide audio project
The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona. March 9, 2006
NPR wants to hear Arizonan’s stories
Democracy Now!, New York, New York. February 28, 2006
National Oral History Project StoryCorps Travels America, Recording Stories of Ordinary People
The Argonaut, Marina del Rey, California. February 16, 2006
StoryCorps national oral history project currently in Santa Monica
Village Voice, New York, New York. February 14, 2006
Elegy for a Cabbie - A veteran driver who fought the Nazis in Europe and the bosses at home
San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California. February 10, 2006
Mobile studio travels nation as part of oral history project
LA Weekly, Los Angeles, California. January 25, 2006
Auto-Iconography
The LookOut News, Santa Monica, California. January 24, 2006
Telling Stories of Our Lives
St. Petersburg Press, St. Petersburg, Florida. January 17, 2006
You talk, they listen
2005
Memphis Flyer, Memphis, Tennessee. October 28, 2005
Do Tell - StoryCorps travels across the country gathering extraordinary stories from ordinary people
Mail Tribune, Medford, Oregon. October 20, 2005
The Way We Were - Oral histories provide a colorful link to our past, and they’re relatively easy for each of us to do
The Stockton Record, Stockton, California. October 16, 2005
StoryCorps gives public the chance to tell their stories in their own words
Mail Tribune, Medford, Oregon. October 13, 2005
National oral history project will roll into Medford
The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon. Sept 25, 2005
Project collects the stories of regular people
The Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, Illinois. Sept 5, 2005
Oral histories from ‘everyday people’ immortalized
