Resources for Storytellers

Learn about Interviewing

WYPR journalist Aaron Henkin chats with Baltimore radio personality Nate Couser in this video showing the ins and outs of how to draw out stories from people. You can purchase Aaron’s Out of the Blocks storytelling playing cards to help start conversations with friends, neighbors, and even strangers. Don’t forget to check out “Tips from a Master Storyteller,” an interview we did with Aaron.

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Step-by-step Tooklit

• Chapter 1: Introduction to our Storytelling Handbook 
• Chapter 2: Storytelling Basics
• Chapter 3: Getting Started
• Chapter 4: Research Tips
• Chapter 5: Scripting
• Chapter 6: Interviewing
• Chapter 7: Recording
• Chapter 8: Editing
• Chapter 9: Publishing Your Project / Uploading
• Chapter 10: Marketing Your Project
• Chapter 11: Facilitating Difficult Dialogues

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• Platforms for Storytellers: A guide to finding platforms to post your stories
• Using Creative Commons: Understanding copyright and the reuse of images, audio and video
• Slideshare Presentations and Webinars: On the value of cultural storytelling and what it means
• Printable Info Sheets
  • Connecting Communities and Storytelling
  • What Makes a Great Student Story
  • Creative Commons and Stock Photography
  • Try to Avoid these Storytelling Mistakes
  • Social Media Tips for Small Museums and Cultural Organizations

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Peale Presentations

Fundamentals of Storytelling, Aaron Henkin, WYPR Aaron talks about the power of stories and shares his methodology for interviewing people in the award-winning serial program “Out of the Blocks.”