Sacramento StoryCorps
Hosted by KXJZ's Paul Conley
Sacramento StoryCorps is KXJZ’s version of the Peabody Award-winning national initiative documenting the everyday history and unique stories of America. Having already visited 43 states collecting over 10,000 interviews, StoryCorps parked its rolling recording studio (an Airstream trailer) in front of the downtown branch of the Sacramento Public Library for four weeks in the spring of 2008. More than 100 interviews were recorded and are being sent to the Library of Congress. With the generous consent of StoryCorps’ national producers, we present excerpts from nine of those interviews featuring Sacramento area residents.
KXJZ News Senior Producer Paul Conley is the curator and host of Sacramento StoryCorps. Paul was faced with the challenge of transforming these 40-minute raw interviews into 4-minute radio features. "The hardest part is deciding what to leave out," explains the veteran producer. "These conversations between friends and family members are very personal and often quite emotional. I try to respect that as much as possible while putting together what I hope is a coherent and compelling short story."
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On the day after Thanksgiving, set aside one hour to record a conversation with someone important to you.
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Listen to more interviews, view pictures and read blog entries as you discover the story behind StoryCorps, the award-winning oral history project created by veteran radio documentary producer David Isay.
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