VPR Joins National Day Of Listening
November 19, 2009
Colchester, Vt. – Friday, November 27th is the second annual National Day of Listening, a national campaign by the oral history project StoryCorps to encourage, instruct, and inspire people to record conversations with friends and loved ones.
Vermont Public Radio is encouraging listeners to spend time with someone important to them to learn more about their life - a relative, friend, teacher, or someone from the neighborhood.
As part of that effort, VPR commentators will be telling some of their own favorite family stories during Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Beginning Monday, November 23 and continuing through Thanksgiving week, VPR will broadcast ten stories, including tales about the Christmas tree that got cut in half and nailed to the wall, when elephants grazed in Wolcott, and a family tradition that began because an old car died.
“The National Day of Listening gives us the opportunity to connect with each other through storytelling and honor each other by listening,” said Vice President for News and Programming John Van Hoesen. “Our hope is that listeners will make an annual tradition of listening to a loved one’s story to preserve for future generations and our collective cultural heritage.”
Interviews can be recorded using readily available equipment, such as cell phones, tape recorders, computers, or even pen and paper. VPR.net has a free instruction guide with interview questions and tips to help record a memorable conversation.
Colchester, Vt. – Friday, November 27th is the second annual National Day of Listening, a national campaign by the oral history project StoryCorps to encourage, instruct, and inspire people to record conversations with friends and loved ones.
Vermont Public Radio is encouraging listeners to spend time with someone important to them to learn more about their life - a relative, friend, teacher, or someone from the neighborhood.
As part of that effort, VPR commentators will be telling some of their own favorite family stories during Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Beginning Monday, November 23 and continuing through Thanksgiving week, VPR will broadcast ten stories, including tales about the Christmas tree that got cut in half and nailed to the wall, when elephants grazed in Wolcott, and a family tradition that began because an old car died.
“The National Day of Listening gives us the opportunity to connect with each other through storytelling and honor each other by listening,” said Vice President for News and Programming John Van Hoesen. “Our hope is that listeners will make an annual tradition of listening to a loved one’s story to preserve for future generations and our collective cultural heritage.”
Interviews can be recorded using readily available equipment, such as cell phones, tape recorders, computers, or even pen and paper. VPR.net has a free instruction guide with interview questions and tips to help record a memorable conversation.