Save a Story! DIY Oral History

Save a story of someone you love or a history you would love to know.

Learn how to capture an oral history interview from start to finish, with hands-on practice.

The program will introduce you to the skills you'll need for high-quality interviews.
• Choose your narrator and goals
• Figure expenses
• Prepare questions
• Master effective interview techniques
• Protect your narrator’s right to privacy and dignity
• Know production methods and equipment to record, preserve, and share your interviews
• Practice interviewing other participants hands-on using your phone
• Review effective and ineffective interviews of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, and civil rights activist Gloria Richardson