If you’ve ever tuned into WUSF Public Media, there’s a chance you may have heard stories recorded for StoryCorps.
Now, the oral history project is visiting Tampa, to give Tampa Bay residents the chance to share their stories, which, with the participants’ permission, will be archived at the Library of Congress, according to a news release.
StoryCorps is a national nonprofit organization that’s dedicated to recording, preserving and sharing the stories of people from all backgrounds and beliefs.
It will be in Tampa from Jan. 5 through Feb. 14 to record interviews, in person and virtually, as part of its Mobile Tour, the release says.
Reservations to record can be made by calling StoryCorps’ 24-hour toll-free reservation line at 1-800-850-4406, or by visiting StoryCorps.org.
In a StoryCorps interview, two people record a meaningful conversation with one another about who they are, what they’ve learned in life, and how they want to be remembered, according to the release.
A trained StoryCorps facilitator guides them through the interview process.
After each 40-minute recording session, participants receive a digital copy of their interview, and with the participants’ OK, a second copy is archived at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress for future generations to hear.
StoryCorps was founded in 2003 by Dave Isay and has traveled to every corner of the country to record interviews.
In Tampa, StoryCorps will partner with NPR affiliate WUSF Public Media. WUSF will air a selection of the local interviews and create special programs around the project.
StoryCorps also may share excerpts of these stories with the world through the project’s popular weekly NPR broadcasts, animated shorts, digital platforms, and best-selling books.
Published January 05, 2022
