StoryCorps
StoryCorps (pronounced "story core") is a national project to instruct and inspire people to record interviews with their friends and family. StoryCorps' national partners are The Library of Congress American Folklife Center and National Public Radio.
StoryCorps —in spirit and in scope— has been modeled after the Works Progress Administration (WPA) of the 1930s, through which oral-history interviews with everyday Americans across the country were recorded. These recordings remain the single most important collection of American voices gathered to date.
A series of small recording studios, called StoryBooths, have been built in public spaces across the country. Two MobileBooths were built on trailers and travel from town to town. The flagship StoryBooth opened on October 23, 2003, in New York City's Grand Central Terminal. The newest StoryBooth, in Lower Manhattan, opened on July 12, 2005.
At a StoryBooth, people can make a broadcast-quality recording of interviews with friends and families. A trained facilitator guides the interview, if necessary, and handles all the technical aspects of the recording.
StoryCorps participants receive a copy of their interview on CD at the end of their session. The suggested donation for an hour-long StoryBooth session is $10.
Each StoryBooth will be affiliated with a local public radio station. Excerpts of the best material recorded in each StoryBooth will, with permission of the participants, be broadcast on the partner public radio station. Some will also be broadcast nationally on NPR's Morning Edition or All Things Considered.
Interviews recorded at StoryBooths are added to the StoryCorps Archive, housed at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps hopes the archive will become an oral history of America.
One of the very interesting aspects of the web site are the excerpts from some of the more than 7000 stories recorded. Don't miss the tale of the man who was a bounty hunter - it's a hoot. StoryCorps interviews are also broadcast weekly, each Friday, on National Public Radio's Morning Edition.
There is no planned visit for Seattle in the Itineraries for the 2006 Mobile Tour. So, for those of us who will be doing an oral history without the benefit of StoryCorps, they have put together a simple Do-It-Yourself Guide to help record that interview. You can download the guide as a two-page PDF file or read it on their web site. Interviews recorded using your own equipment cannot be added to the StoryCorps Archive.
The guide includes:
Recording equipment basics - outlines the different types equipment you will need.
How to interview - explains the process of conducting a StoryCorps interview, from start to finish.
Interview checklist - a list of reminders to keep with you through the interview.
Links In This Article:
StoryCorps
The Library of Congress
American Folklife Center
National Public Radio
National Public Radio's Morning Edition
Itineraries for the 2006 Mobile Tour.
Excerpts
Do-It-Yourself Guide
StoryCorps —in spirit and in scope— has been modeled after the Works Progress Administration (WPA) of the 1930s, through which oral-history interviews with everyday Americans across the country were recorded. These recordings remain the single most important collection of American voices gathered to date.
A series of small recording studios, called StoryBooths, have been built in public spaces across the country. Two MobileBooths were built on trailers and travel from town to town. The flagship StoryBooth opened on October 23, 2003, in New York City's Grand Central Terminal. The newest StoryBooth, in Lower Manhattan, opened on July 12, 2005.
At a StoryBooth, people can make a broadcast-quality recording of interviews with friends and families. A trained facilitator guides the interview, if necessary, and handles all the technical aspects of the recording.
StoryCorps participants receive a copy of their interview on CD at the end of their session. The suggested donation for an hour-long StoryBooth session is $10.
Each StoryBooth will be affiliated with a local public radio station. Excerpts of the best material recorded in each StoryBooth will, with permission of the participants, be broadcast on the partner public radio station. Some will also be broadcast nationally on NPR's Morning Edition or All Things Considered.
Interviews recorded at StoryBooths are added to the StoryCorps Archive, housed at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps hopes the archive will become an oral history of America.
One of the very interesting aspects of the web site are the excerpts from some of the more than 7000 stories recorded. Don't miss the tale of the man who was a bounty hunter - it's a hoot. StoryCorps interviews are also broadcast weekly, each Friday, on National Public Radio's Morning Edition.
There is no planned visit for Seattle in the Itineraries for the 2006 Mobile Tour. So, for those of us who will be doing an oral history without the benefit of StoryCorps, they have put together a simple Do-It-Yourself Guide to help record that interview. You can download the guide as a two-page PDF file or read it on their web site. Interviews recorded using your own equipment cannot be added to the StoryCorps Archive.
The guide includes:
Recording equipment basics - outlines the different types equipment you will need.
How to interview - explains the process of conducting a StoryCorps interview, from start to finish.
Interview checklist - a list of reminders to keep with you through the interview.
Links In This Article:
StoryCorps
The Library of Congress
American Folklife Center
National Public Radio
National Public Radio's Morning Edition
Itineraries for the 2006 Mobile Tour.
Excerpts
Do-It-Yourself Guide
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