StoryCorps, the National Storytelling Project, Visits New Hampshire, Share Your Story, Make Your Reservation Today

Concord, NH -- StoryCorps, a national project to document the everyday history and unique stories of America, is coming to Concord, New Hampshire. In partnership with New Hampshire Public Radio and sponsored locally by Bank of America and nationally with AT&T and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Mobile StoryBooth will be in front of the Statehouse from July 5 through July 28. Reservations are required for participation and can be made on-line at www.nhpr.org. Participants can also make reservations by calling (800) 850-4406.

(PRWEB) June 23, 2007 -- StoryCorps, a national project to document the everyday history and unique stories of America, is coming to Concord, New Hampshire. In partnership with New Hampshire Public Radio and sponsored locally by Bank of America and nationally with AT&T and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Mobile StoryBooth will be in front of the Statehouse from July 5 through July 28. Reservations are required for participation and can be made on-line at www.nhpr.org. Participants can also make reservations by calling (800) 850-4406.

The Granite State is one of the stops on the national StoryCorps Mobile StoryBooth tour. NHPR is pleased to partner with StoryCorps to record the stories of everyday lives of New Hampshire's citizens. "StoryCorps has inspired thousands of listeners to tell their personal stories. Its broadcasts are among public radio's most popular weekly features," said NHPR President and CEO Betsy Gardella. "We can't think of a better way to cap off our year-long, 25th anniversary celebration than to bring the StoryCorps Mobile StoryBooth to New Hampshire, giving our listeners the opportunity to record and share their stories -- with the people of New Hampshire and the country."

NHPR will air a selection of stories from the project. Select stories will also air nationally on NPR's Morning Edition, the most-listened-to morning radio program in the country, each Friday. StoryCorps interviews are also available by podcast at www.npr.org.

StoryCorps was created by award-winning radio documentary producer and MacArthur Fellowship recipient Dave Isay. The project arranges for mobile recording booths to travel to every corner of the United States and, in coordination with local public radio stations, to document the stories of ordinary people living in America today. Dave Isay is visiting NHPR to speak about the project on June 28 on NHPR's The Exchange program.

"As StoryCorps continues its journey throughout the country, we are so proud to continue our mission in Concord, New Hampshire," said Isay. "As always, we hope to teach people to become better listeners, foster intergenerational communication among families and communities, and help us all to appreciate the strength in the stories of everyday people they find all around them," he continued.

At the Mobile StoryBooth, participants record in pairs - often times friends or loved ones - and one person interviews the other. A trained facilitator guides the participants through the interview process and handles the technical aspects of the recording. At the end of a forty-minute session, the participants walk away with a CD of their interview. With the permission of participants, a second copy will be sent to the American Folklife Center where it becomes part of a high quality digital archive.

NHPR is thankful for the StoryCorps project support provided locally by Bank of America. "Bank of America is pleased to support a project that is capturing history by talking to ordinary Americans," said Michael C. Whitney, president, Bank of America New Hampshire. "I am certain that StoryCorps will be able to obtain some unique and interesting anecdotes from our state's residents. We hope this will enrich the lives of everyone who hears the program."

Major funding for StoryCorps is provided by AT&T and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). StoryCorps is a project of Sounds Portraits Productions in partnership with NPR and the American Folklife Center (AFC) at the Library of Congress. For more information about StoryCorps visit www.nhpr.org.

About NHPR
NHPR serves more than 150,000 listeners each week through a network of ten stations and transmitters. NHPR is the only statewide source of radio news, information, and entertainment for the Granite State, offering in-depth reporting of the issues facing New Hampshire residents. NHPR's staff sees the importance of providing a comprehensive information source for New Hampshire as one of the station's highest priorities. Contributions from listeners and businesses in New Hampshire make up more than 90 percent of the revenue necessary to operate NHPR.

NHPR broadcasts in Concord and Manchester at 89.1 FM, Nashua at 88.3 FM, Keene at 90.7 FM, Littleton at 91.3 FM, Plymouth at 97.3 FM, Hanover at 91.3 FM, Jackson at 99.5 FM, Portsmouth at 103.9 FM, Dover at 104.3 FM, Gorham at 107.1 FM and on the Internet at nhpr.org.

About AT&T
AT&T Inc. is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at www.att.com.

About Bank of America
Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk-management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving more than 56 million consumer and small business relationships with more than 5,700 retail banking offices, more than 17,000 ATMs and award-winning online banking with nearly 22 million active users. Bank of America is the No. 1 overall Small Business Administration (SBA) lender in the United States and the No. 1 SBA lender to minority-owned small businesses. The company serves clients in 175 countries and has relationships with 98 percent of the U.S. Fortune 500 companies and 80 percent of the Fortune Global 500. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

About StoryCorps
StoryCorps is a Peabody award-winning project of Sound Portraits Productions, the nationally acclaimed New York City non-profit founded by Dave Isay. For two decades, Sound Portraits has celebrated the lives and struggles of unheralded Americans in award-winning public radio documentaries, as well as in books, CDs, museum exhibitions, and Web sites. StoryCorps opened its first StoryBooth, a freestanding soundproof recording studio, in New York City's Grand Central Terminal in October 2003 and opened its second StoryBooth at the site of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan in July 2005. Two mobile StoryBooths have been traveling the country since 2005. StoryCorps has recorded 10,000 interview sessions to date. Individuals can listen to excerpts from past StoryCorps interviews at www.storycorps.net.

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