We learned this week of the passing of Lucille Horn, who was one of Dr. Martin Couney’s incubator babies in the 1920s. As part of a sideshow on Coney Island, Lucille helped pave the way for modern neonatal intensive care. We are remembering her contributions today, and we’re very grateful she was able to share […]
We at StoryCorps are broken-hearted to learn of the death of our dear friend Cherie Johnson. Cherie was a beloved StoryCorps participant who, along with her cousin James Ransom, introduced us all to the one-of-a-kind Miss Lizzie Devine. Will will miss you, Cherie. Rest in peace. — Dave […]
Since 2009, IMLS and StoryCorps have partnered to provide all National Medal recipients with three days of onsite community recordings. These recordings celebrate the diversity, dedication, and personal stories of their communities.
StoryCorpsU is our year-long youth development program, featuring interviewing techniques—combined with audio stories and animated shorts—to support students in the development of identity and in drawing connections between their unique strengths and the college application process.
With the new year, we are on a new journey across the United States. In 2017, StoryCorps' MobileBooth will travel more than 4,000 miles from the Gulf Coast of Florida to Michigan’s Great Lakes, then down the Mississippi River finishing the year in Southern Texas along the Gulf of Mexico.
StoryCorps participants, supporters, and staff celebrated remarkable stories and storytellers at our annual gala in New York City. The evening, themed “Who We Are: A Celebration of American Stories,” explored our shared and positive humanity through animated shorts and personal stories.
This month we won our first Emmy Award for the animated story of Alex Landau, an African American man adopted by white parents who was severely beaten by Denver police after what he believed was going to be little more than a routine traffic stop.
In 2015, more than 100,000 individuals from all 50 states took part in The Great Thanksgiving Listen, our national education project that empowers high school students to record conversations with a grandparent or another elder. Help us create a national listening movement for #TheGreatListen2016.
In this full-length StoryCorps Legacy interview, Julie Stolzberg shares childhood memories, family stories, and recollections about the birth of her two children with her friend Abigail Pogrebin just weeks before Julie passed away from cancer.
In partnership with the Midwest Region Centennial Committee, we've documented the stories of more than 300 national park staff and visitors.
