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A SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS...
 Welcome to the Stories1st page for public radio stations.
The first edition of Stories1st: Stories of Loss, Hope and Peace CD hosted and produced by Dmae Roberts is now available. Below are a list of titles to preview the pieces featured on the one-hour CD.
These evergreen pieces are suitable for any commemoration of September 11th or as stand-alone feature pieces and commentaries with sound for station news magazines or as a special one-hour or two half hour programs. The first half hour of the CD deals with September 11th themes directly. The second half hour deals with themes of grief, loss and renewal of hope.
There is no charge for the use of Stories1st Stories. The pieces are between 3-7 minutes in length and may be edited to fit your station's needs.
Stations have the right to air these pieces up to one year from June 3, 2002 - December 31, 2003.
To request the CD, send an email to stories1st@aol.com
Please notify us of your use
The format of these stories is highly flexible and can be aired as
- individual commentaries and features
- as a one-hour special
- two half-hours
Appropriate credit should read:
Stories1st Stories are produced by Dmae Roberts of MediaRites with funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Endowment for the Arts and Regional Arts and Culture Council. Hear more stories on Stories1st.org
Take care,
Dmae
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Meditations in an Emergency
by Ginger Miles
Listen: mp3 audio (3147 K)
Writer Independent Producer Ginger Miles's audio essay of her Manhattan neighborhood on the day after. 4:13 see original
The Towers Stand
by Jane Ellen Rubin and Michael Johnson
Listen: mp3 audio (2994 K)
Writer Jane Ellen Rubin celebrates the life and the people of the WTC during the time when it first opened. Michael Johnson produced this piece with sounds he's gathered through the years. 6:13 see original
Bearing Witness: Across the Brooklyn Bridge
by Karen Michel
Listen: mp3 audio (3555 K)
Independent Producer Karen Michel took a walk from her Brooklyn home to the site of Ground Zero a week after the attack. She collected sounds and unforgetable images as she walked across the bridge. 7:24 see original
It Didn't Rock Their World
by Katie Davis
Listen: mp3 audio (1761 K)
For kids fighting their own "home-grown" form of terrorism,the events of September 11th were met as part of life. Independent Producer Katie Davis examined the reaction in her Washington, D.C. neighborhood in a memorable audio piece. 5:40see original
Looking Through a Survivor's Windows
by Nick Vander Puy and Sandy Lyon
Listen: mp3 audio (3162 K) mp3 audio two (3162 K)
Producers Nick Vander Puy and Sandy Lyon talk with 78-year-old World War Two survivor, Ursula Schramm, who questions the movement toward war. 3:58see original |
Talking To Sophia
by Michael Johnson
Listen: mp3 audio (2918 K)
Producer Michael Johnson cherishes his daughter Sophia. When it came time to explain the tragic events of September 11th to her, he could think of no other way of talking to Sophia except with honesty. 3:53 see original
Wound
by Leanne Grabel
Listen: mp3 audio (2614 K)
Performance Poet Leanne Grabel rises every morning before her family awakens, reads the NY Times and then writes a poem. This routine changed greatly after September 11th. Words did not emerge quickly but slowly as life changed for those around her near and far. 3:25 see original
Beyond Chance
by Ruby Murray and Sara Kolbet
Listen: mp3 audio (3592 K)
The starry sky hung over us like a low blanket. I was crying watching David dig the hole and looking up at the stars for comfort. so Ruby Murray writes in her first audio piece about the meaning of friendship between a man and his dog. see original
Moe is Me
by Melissa (Moe) Yukich and Dmae Roberts
Listen: mp3 audio (5213 K)
Melissa, known as Moe to her friends, struggles with prejudice against her sexual identity. Producer Dmae Roberts worked with Melissa to record her life and a chronicle of what gives her hope. 5:20 see original
Messages
by Dmae Roberts
Listen:
After a loved one's gone, all that may be left are photos and objects to remember them by. Dmae remembers her mom in a tribute through her phone messages. 4:50 see original
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