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CJR Audio: David Isay

By The Editors Thu 21 Aug 2008 05:09 PM 

Radio producer David Isay is the founder and executive director of the StoryCorps project, which collects and preserves oral American oral histories.

On August 20, Isay spoke at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism about the beauty of stories, the art of the interview, and power of listening.

An audio file of the talk is available here.

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