A tribute to Studs Terkel, American Oral Historian
Photo: Courtesy NPR
The best of current storytelling techniques has been well documented in the work of Studs Terkel, who passed away at 96 years old on November 1, 2008
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96437774
Studs born in Chicago, Illinois he developed a technique to hold a conversation with “people not celebrated“ he focused on the everyman stories and musing
Resources
Storycorps
Stories for Change
http://wwwstoriesforchange.org
The Moth
This is standup storytelling in New York City
Public and citizen Journalism: SPOT.US
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http://spot.us/
Video on concept of Citizen Journalism
