StoryCorps or Case Study 1

              For class this week we needed to listen to a couple StoryCorps stories and watch a couple to learn a little about interviewing skills.  I listened to the following http://storycorps.org/listen/stories/shelli-wright-and-graham-haggett/ It was about a young boys grandmother that died in 9/11 tragedy his picture was the last picture that his grandmother saw. He was only 11 months old when his grandmother died so he never really knew her.  The second story I listened to was this one http://storycorps.org/listen/stories/tierra-jackson-and-john-horan/ it is about Tierra Jackson and how she was from a very low income family and was late to school some days because it was a hour and a half drive to get to school. She finally told one of her teachers the situation and the teacher didn't treat her differently after that. The third one I listened to was http://storycorps.org/listen/stories/james-ransom-and-cherie-johnson/ It was an interview about Miss Devine.  James Ransom and Cherie Johnson remember their neighbor and Sunday school teacher.  How she acted crazy and would never let you miss sunday school class. The next two that I watched were the animated version of the StoryCorps. The first one was called A Family Man it was about a young boys father that worked 14 hours a day.  The man telling the story which would be his son described how his dad wouldn't physically discipline them it was just a look that he would give them. The second animation that I watched was called Danny & Annie The story of how they meet and their whole life together till Danny was diagnosed with terminal cancer. 

            All of these interviews were very easy to understand and they made sense.  The video made the interview even easier to understand. The stories were very interesting in their own special way. What is needed for these interviews is the right questions and a clear idea or else the listen will get lost in the nonsense.