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"Where's the Human Voice?" It's on Public Radio

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Jim Burress WABE-FM

October 06, 2011
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"Where's the Human Voice?" It's on Public Radio Studs Terkel StoryCorps public radio NPR Curator's Note Historian, author and radio icon Studs Terkel kicked off the public radio project StoryCorps in 2003 by asking, “Where’s the ...

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Jim Burress WABE-FM

Thursday, October 6, 2011 — 10:14 pm
Karen: So glad to be a part! Whenever you want to talk public radio, you know who to call. As for your questions: I have noticed NPR is more aggressively persuing digital technology, social media, and multimedia. It has to. Those are all realities of toda ...
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Re: "Where's the Human Voice?" It's on Public Radio

Allison: You’re absolutely

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Jim Burress WABE-FM

Thursday, October 6, 2011 — 11:34 pm
Allison: You're absolutely correct. When people go into the StoryCorps booth, not only is there not a camera, there's no one but the people speaking. Curators who record and engineer the audio remain outside the booth. There is a soft table lamp ...
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Re: "Where's the Human Voice?" It's on Public Radio

Patrick: Thanks for your

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Jim Burress WABE-FM

Thursday, October 6, 2011 — 11:59 pm
Patrick: Thanks for your comments. I agree the animation takes something away from the audio-only version. It also gives it something unique. Only a few were animated, including some quite emotional 9/11 stories. (And I had to come up with a visual for t ...