Storycorps Inc

Programs: Storycorps was founded in 2003 with a mission to provide people of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives. Over the past 11 years, we have provided more than 100,000 people from across the country with vital opportunities to record interviews about their lives, pass wisdom from one generation to the next, and leave a legacy for future generations in our archive at the american folklife center at the library of congress. Select interviews are edited for national broadcast each week on npr, and animated for national distribution on pbs and via digital media to reach a national audience of millions. (see schedule o for full description. )all storycorps activities, from the delivery of our interview service, to our archive, to the creation and distribution of our produced content, are carried out with an unwavering commitment to inclusion of underrepresented populations. By collecting, preserving, and broadly disseminating authentic stories from diverse participants across the united states, storycorps promotes a deeper understanding-both historic and contemporary-of the many communities that constitute our nation. Since the launch of our first recording venue in new york city in 2003, storycorps has expanded nationally to meet the demand for our services. Storycorps' work has been widely recognized with several peabody awards and a macarthur award for creative and effective institutions. Most recently, storycorps and president and founder, dave isay won the 2015 ted prize. Interview service: as part of the storycorps interview, people are invited to ask a loved one to join them for an intimate 40-minute conversation about a topic that matters to them. Storycorps provides participants with vital opportunities to speak with honesty and grace about their lives, struggles, and triumphs on an intimate, emotional scale. With participant permission, stories are added to our archive at the american folklife center at the library of congress. In 2014, storycorps worked with 450 community-based organizations, to collect 5,336 interviews with 9,779 participants at our permanent storybooths in new york city, atlanta, chicago, and san francisco; via our mobile tour; and through specially organized interview collection trips to specific communities across the county. During the year, our mobile tour collected interviews in los angeles, ca; thousand oaks and santa barbara, ca; tampa bay, fl; gainesville, fl; huntsville, al; durham, nc; dayton and miami valley, oh; marquette, mi; grand rapids, mi; and st. Louis, mo, tulsa, ok, and dallas, tx. Broadcasts: each year, storycorps broadcasts a minimum of 52 stories to an estimated audience of 13 million via our weekly broadcasts on npr. In 2014, storycorps produced 63 audio segments for national broadcast, amplifying the unique voices of our participants and reaching millions across the country. Our broadcasts help listeners better understand and empathize with african american, latino, immigrant, low-income, lgbtq, and other racial/ethnic population groups. In order to ensure that the broadest, most diverse audience possible had access to these stories, audio segments were made available across a number of digital platforms, including: storycorps' website (over 4. 6 million views in 2014), soundcloud (nearly 670,000 followers in 2014), npr. Com (over 3. 7 million visits to the storycorps page in 2014), and our podcast (over 300,000 monthly downloads). Additionally, our marketing and communications department worked to ensure that content was shared across social media platforms (youtube, facebook, twitter, blogs, etc. ) with a combined following of nearly 400,000. Animations: launched in 2010, storycorps' animated shorts feature the stories of everyday people, told in their own voices and brought to life through animation by the rauch brothers. Storycorps' engaging animated content amplifies stories from underrepresented communities and adds dimension to our audio content, making it accessible to a wider range of audiences. To date, storycorps has created 25 animations that have received multiple emmy and annie nominations, as a well as a peabody award. In 2014, our animation team completed its fifth season of production, which included three military-themed animations: the nature of war, the last viewing, and first squad, third platoon to commemorate veterans day on november 11, 2014. Combined, our 2014 animations have reached nearly 1. 3 million viewers. Outloud: in 2014, storycorps launched a new initiative, outloud to encourage members of the lgbtq community to record and share their stories, with a focus on collecting voices from the stonewall and pre-stonewall generations, as well as from youth and people of color. This initiative launched in june 2014, in honor of national pride month and the 45th anniversary of the stonewall uprisings, with launch events in new york and san francisco. In 2014, outloud conducted 341 interviews with over 610 lgbtq participants. Outloud's audio and animated content highlighted a range of challenges facing the lgbtq community including military service, bullying, marriage equality, and raising children. From these interviews, we aired nine (9) broadcast segments on npr to millions of listeners across the nation. Outloud also produced one animated short, a good man, which aired in july 2014 on pbs' pov and has been seen by approximately 1. 5 million viewers across the country, with an additional 170,000 views on our website and youtube. Military voices initiative (mvi): launched in 2012, our military voices initiative (mvi) honors the stories of post-9/11 veterans, active duty service members, and their families. In the last three years, mvi has provided storycorps' interview service to over 2,700 participants, resulting in over 1,500 interviews. In 2014, mvi created partnerships with 14 organizations that serve military veterans and their families to provide the storycorps' interview experience to over 410 participants resulting in 213 interviews. Six (6) of these interviews were edited and broadcast on npr's weekend edition saturday and morning edition, online, and digitally through our podcast and social media platforms reaching millions of listeners. Storycorpsu: storycorpsu is a mission-driven, interactive youth development program that uses our content to support the development of identity and social intelligence in students at high-need high schools across the country. The goals of storycorpsu are to: (1) increase students' speaking and listening skills; (2) enhance students' self- and social-awareness, a key indicator of social and emotional learning; (3) strengthen school connectedness, a strong factor in student retention and academic success; and (4) support the development of students' identity and social intelligence. The scu curriculum aligns strongly with the common core standards for english language arts and literacy, and incorporates content that is relevant to and reflective of the lives, experiences, and dreams of urban youth. During the 2014 school year, scu reached 785 students in 39 classrooms at 11 high-need high schools in new york city, st. Louis, mo, washington d. C. , and chicago, il.