Press Room

This page is for working journalists who are interested in more information about StoryCorps and its initiatives. Here you’ll find our institutional press kit, images and content for downloading, as well as recent press releases and media highlights. 

If you would like to schedule an interview with a StoryCorps executive or have a media-related request, please contact: [email protected]. If your request is time-sensitive, please contact StoryCorps’ Press Representative Blake Zidell at 917-572-2493  or [email protected]. 

Resources

Press Kit

The StoryCorps Press Kit includes executive bios, and information on StoryCorps’ history, initiatives, and more.

Images for Download/Publication

• Executive Headshots
• First StoryCorps StoryBooth (Grand Central Terminal)
• StoryCorps Participants
• StoryBooth

Content for Publication

• Introduction to StoryCorps 
• Dave Isay’s TED Talk (2015)
• Dave Isay’s TED Talk (2016)

Recent Press Releases

• StoryCorps Launches Fourth One Small Step Anchor Community in Columbus, GA, September 13, 2023.
• Research Demonstrates Impact of StoryCorps’ One Small Step Initiative On Polarization in the United States, September 5,  2023.
• StoryCorps Appoints Reginald Dwayne Betts and Alex Blumberg to Board of Directors, August 15,  2023.
• StoryCorps Announces Special Programming and Gala to Celebrate the Organization’s 20th Anniversary, July 17,  2023.
• StoryCorps Launched One Small Step Congress, June 5, 2023.
• StoryCorps to Release “History Lessons,” a Series of Animations Documenting Pivotal Moments in History, May 18, 2023.
• StoryCorps Announces Michael Garofalo as Chief Content Officer, May 2, 2023.
• 2023 One Small Step Radio Station Hubs Announced: Five Public Media Stations Nationwide to Foster Connection Across Political Divides, May 1, 2023.
• StoryCorps Names Ron Gunzburger Chief of Staff, March 29, 2023.
• StoryCorps announces 2023 Military Voices Initiative, March 7, 2023.
• StoryCorps announces 2023 Mobile Tour, December 15, 2022.
• The Great Thanksgiving Listen 2022, November 1, 2022.
• New StoryCorps Mobile App Launches, July 18, 2022.
• StoryCorps announces 2022 One Small Step Radio Station Hubs: A Partnership with Six Public Media Stations to Foster Connection Across America’s Political Divides, May 9, 2022.
• A New Season of StoryCorps Podcast from NPR Begins, May 9, 2022.
• StoryCorps’ 2022 Military Voices Tour to Record and Preserve the Stories of Veterans, Active Duty Service Members, and Military Families, March 25, 2022.
• StoryCorps Announces Dane E. Holmes as the New Chair of Its Board of Directors, March 8, 2022.
• StoryCorps Announces 2022 U.S. Mobile Tour,  January 18, 2022.
• StoryCorps Announces the Addition of Two New Anchor Communities for One Small Step, January 10, 2022.
• CBS’ “60 Minutes” Profiles StoryCorps, January 7, 2022.
• StoryCorps Names Sandra M. Clark as Its New CEO, December 20, 2021.

Media Highlights

• • You Can Record With StoryCorps’ Military Voices Initiative in 2023 in These States, Stephen Ruiz, Military.com, March 17, 2023.
  • Weekend Confidential: StoryCorps Founder Dave Isay Believes in the Power of Conversation, Emily Bobrow, The Wall Street Journal, March 11, 2023. 
  • How Conversations with Strangers are Helping Bridge a Divide, TODAY with Hoda & Jenna, July 14, 2022.

• • StoryCorps Shares a Story from Its New Mother’s Day Animation Series, PBS NewsHour, May 8, 2022.

• • StoryCorps Releases New Animations for Mother’s Day, Good Morning America, May 7, 2022.

• • Nonprofit Takes “One Small Step” in Fight Against Toxic Polarization, Esther Larson, Philanthropy Roundtable, May 5, 2022.

• • Bridging America’s Political Divide with Conversations, “One Small Step” at a Time, CBS, “60 Minutes,” January 9, 2022.

• • 15 Memorial Day Activities for the Whole Family, Meghan Jones, Reader’s Digest, August 14, 2021.

• • StoryCorps’ Mission to Bridge the U.S. Political Divide, ABC News, “This Week,” April 11, 2021.

• • How I Time-Travel to Parent My Adult Son, Erik Vance, The New York Times, April 9, 2021.

• • A Key to Bridging the Political Divide: Sit Down and Talk?, Glenn Gamboa, Associated Press, March 30, 2021.

• • Small Steps: How Americans Can Come Together to Bridge Our Dangerous Political Divide, Dave Isay, USA Today, February 5, 2021.

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