The articles and web sites below describe various uses of personal storytelling, including:

• a Peabody award winning project which channels new work and voices to public radio through the Internet

• storyteller Nancy Duncan tells of her four-year “dance with cancer”

• urban high school students gaining confidence and a new understanding of literacy

• Race Bridges has free stories about diversity, inclusion and racial justice. The goal of Race Bridges is bring races together.

1. Storytelling Returns to Delhi's Streets BBC News (Delhi, India), April 2, 2011

2. Our Stories, Ourselves Monitor, a publication of the American Psychological Association (Washington, DC), January 2011

3. Jabberwocky Keeps Stories Flowing: "One Pint at a Time" Nuvo: Indy's alternative voice (Indianapolis, IN), Nov. 3, 2010

4. All Life's on Stage: Students, Residents Spin True Tales in College Series Addison County Independent (Addison County, VT), April 22, 2010

5. Listen to This Boston Globe Sunday Magazine (Boston, MA), April 11, 2010

6. Nothing Helps us Connect More than Storytelling Packet & Times (Orillia, Ontario, Canada), March 22, 2010

7. New Take on Storytelling Lancaster Guardian (Lancaster, UK), February 11, 2010

8. Senior Center Invites All: Come and Share Your Stories The Herald of Randolph (Randolph, VT), February 4, 2010

9. The Moth Gives Storytellers Center Stage Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA), December 11, 2009

10. Story Time The Wall Street Journal (New York, NY), November 14, 2009

11. Taffy Thomas Appointed First Storytelling Laureate The Guardian (Manchester, UK), November 2, 2009

12. Project Tells the Digital Story of Latino Culture Spartan Daily (San Jose State Universtiy, CA), September 9, 2009

13. Family Stories as Secret Text for Immigrants The New York Times (New York, NY), March 15, 2009

14. Life Stories: Children Find Meaning in Old Family Tales Wall Street Journal (New York, NY), March 11, 2009

15. Stop Me if You’ve Heard This One Newsweek (New York, NY), February 16, 2009

16. Songs of Themselves The New York Times (New York, NY), November 16, 2008

17. Stand Up and Tell Your Story The Washington Post (Washington, D.C.), October 10, 2008

18. In StorySlam, Strangers Go on Stage and Bare Their Souls Philadelphia Daily News (Philadelphia, PA), May 5, 2008

19. Tell Me A Story The Tribeca Trib (New York, NY), May 2, 2008

20. Cranes at the old Swan Hunter Yard News Guardian (Whitley Bay, England, UK), April 16, 2008

21. Asian Pacific American Student Association Event Aims to Change Perceptions Daily Trojan (Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA), March 4, 2008

22. Mural Will Highlight Oxford History Oxford Press (Oxford, OH), November 16, 2007

23. Storytelling Can Make a Difference in Conflict The Times of India (New Delhi, India), October 1, 2007

24. Literacy Project Involves Students, Community The Appalachian (Appalachian State University, Boone, NC), September 13, 2007

25. One Way to Close Culture Gap? Telling Tales Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), September 6, 2007

26. StoryCorps Turns Ordinary People into Oral Historians America.gov, US Department of State (Washington, DC) , August 21, 2007

27. Tale of Storytelling The Times of India (Gurgaon, Haryana, India), June 25, 2007

28. Father’s Day Wit & Wisdom Providence Journal (Providence, RI), June 17, 2007

29. Stories are Our Greatest Treasure McCook Daily Gazette (McCook, NE), June 4, 2007

30. Computer Scientists Help Indian Villagers Share Stories Across the Digital Divide Innovations Report (Bad Homburg, Germany), June 4, 2007

31. Yarn Spinning, in Real Time The Christian Science Monitor (Boston, MA), May 18, 2007

32. Summer Walkers Take Their Tales on the Road John O'Groat Journal (Thurso, Scotland, UK), May 16, 2007

33. New 'Starring Role' for Storytellers in Alness Scottish Provincial Press Ltd. (Inverness, Scotland, UK), May 4, 2007

34. Holocaust Survivors Share Their Stories with Youngsters Washington Jewish Week (Rockville, MD), April 18, 2007

35. Substitute Teacher Tells History Firsthand The New York Times (New York, New York), April 4, 2007

36. 4-H Adds Storytelling to its Statewide Competitions Troy Messenger (Troy, AL), March 6, 2007

37. Regis University Hosting Stories from Wartime Speaker Series YourHub.com (Denver, CO), January 10, 2007

38. Portraits of Life Commemorate Holocaust Goucher College - Quindecim Online (Towson, MD), December 6, 2006

39. We Can Heal the Wounds The Fiji Times Online (Suva, Fiji), December 3, 2006

40. Storytelling is Great Tool in Tourism and Reconciliation City Vision (Western Cape, South Africa), November 9, 2006

41. At 94, Storyteller Tells Her Last Tale to Children Las Vegas Optic (Las Vegas, NV), September 6, 2006

42. History in the Telling Forest Park Review (Oak Park, IL), August 22, 2006

43. Veterans' Memories of War Making History The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona), August 2, 2006

44. Making Muskego Memories Live On Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI), July 15, 2006

45. StoryCorps Wants to Hear Your Tale Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA), June 8, 2006

46. Gathering Local Stories From Residential School Survivors Opinion250 News (Prince George, British Columbia, Canada), March 11, 2006

47. Latino Vets of WWII Share Stories The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), March 11, 2006

48. Storyteller Makes a Big Impression on Students Lincoln Journal (Lincolnton, GA), March 9, 2006

49. Event Offers Peek into Tribal Culture The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA), March 7, 2006

50. The Art of Storytelling Munster Times (Munster,IN), August 1, 2005

51. Two History Groups Combine Efforts San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA), June 22, 2005

52. Livestories Cochrane Times (Cochrane, Alberta, CA), April 20, 2005

53. The Art of Mobile Technology The Boston Globe (Boston, MA), April 18, 2005

54. BBC Turns Spotlight on Young Arab Women Arab News (Saudi Arabia), February 28, 2005

55. Festival Shows Everyone Has a Story to Tell Concord Journal (Concord, MA), February 24, 2005

56. Storytelling Unites Past, Present Norristown Times Herald (Norristown, PA), February 6, 2005

57. Prayer Breakfast Offers Food for the Soul Green Bay Press Gazette (Green Bay, WI), February 4, 2005

58. Life Stories Workshops Return to Ki Theatre Rappahannock News (Washington, VA), February 2, 2005

59. Native American Serves as 'Trail of Tears' Guide Northlake Herald-Journal (Glenview, IL), December 1, 2004

60. Storytellers Weave Their Yarns at Waipio Festival Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu, HI), November 19, 2004

61. Nationwide Celebration of Stories Returns to Juneau Juneau Empire (Juneau, Alaska), November 18, 2004

62. Kasilof History Finds a Home Peninsula Clarion (Kenai, Alaska), November 17, 2004

63. U.S. Veterans Day Marked by Release of Vets' Stories National Geographic News (USA), November 11, 2004

64. Clarinetist Mends Her Heart Through Performing Palm Beach Daily News (Palm Beach, FL), October 20, 2004

65. Oldest Residents Tell Story of Their Lives The Standard-Times (New Bedford, MA), October 14, 2004

66. A Martian Tale for Earthlings Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), October 10, 2004

67. Storytelling Project Seeks Students North County Times (Escondido, CA), October 8, 2004

68. Scott Countians Tell Stories Digitally Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY), October 6, 2004

69. North End Tour Stirs Old Memories The Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT), September 12, 2004

70. Sharing Stories is Focus of Museum's New Exhibit Daily Democrat (Woodland, CA), September 9, 2004

71. Telling the Holocaust Story The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem, Israel), September 6, 2004

72. Memories are Powerful Gifts, Meant to be Shared and Savored Ventura County Star (Ventura, CA), August 30, 2004

73. He's Found Escape in Life and Onstage The Boston Globe, August 27, 2004

74. Laurie Anderson Offers Work-in-Progress At MASS MoCA iBerkshires.com (North Adams, MA), August 19, 2004

75. Gullah's Story Worth Telling The Island Packet (Hilton Head Island, SC), July 12, 2004

76. Storytelling Crucible: Students Grab Power of Words by the Tale The Arizona Republic, July 8, 2004

77. National Museum of the American Indian: Gathering of the Tribes Indian Country Today (Oneida, N.Y.), July 1, 2004

78. Her Final Story The Reader (Omaha, Nebraska), June 25, 2004

79. Transom.org Aims to Spread Storytelling Skills Washington Post, May 17, 2004

80. Just Sit Right Back and You'll Hear a Tale; St. Louis Storytelling Festival Turns a New Page St Louis Post-Dispatch, April 29, 2004

81. Storytelling: Rediscovering Our Fables, Folk Tales and Midwest Heritage Midwest Living, April, 2004

82. You Can Be a Great Storyteller USA Weekend.com, January 18, 2004

83. Enter Here: Personal Narrative and Digital Storytelling English Journal (a publication of the National Council of Teachers of English), January, 2004

84. Time For Once Upon a Time US News & World Report, October 27, 2003

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