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'''David Avram "Dave" Isay''' (born December 5, 1965) is an American [[radio producer]] and founder of Sound Portraits Productions.<ref>http://www.soundportraits.org/about/</ref> He is also the founder of [[StoryCorps]], an ongoing oral history project.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/PersonOfWeek/story?id=775700&page=1</ref> He is the recipient of numerous broadcasting honors, including six Peabody Awards and a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship. He is the author/editor of numerous books that grew out of his public radio documentary work.
'''David Avram "Dave" Isay''' (born December 5, 1965) is an American [[radio producer]] and founder of Sound Portraits Productions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soundportraits.org/about/ |title=About Sound Portraits |access-date=2010-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322211525/http://soundportraits.org/about/ |archive-date=March 22, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> He is also the founder of [[StoryCorps]], an ongoing oral history project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/PersonOfWeek/story?id=775700&page=1|title=Person of the Week: David Isay|date=December 15, 2005|website=ABC News|access-date=August 31, 2017}}</ref> He is the recipient of numerous broadcasting honors, including six Peabody Awards and a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship. He is the author/editor of numerous books that grew out of his public radio documentary work.


Since 2003, StoryCorps has collected and archived more than 50,000 interviews with 100,000 participants. Each conversation is preserved at the American Folklife Center at the [[Library of Congress]]. StoryCorps is the largest single collection of personal narratives ever gathered, and millions listen to StoryCorps’ weekly broadcasts on NPR’s Morning Edition and visit its website, www.storycorps.org.
Since 2003, StoryCorps has collected and archived interviews with more than 645,000 participants.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Mike Wenninger |date=August 17, 2023 |title=StoryCorps revisits Kalamazoo to offer residents preservable story moments |url=https://www.secondwavemedia.com/southwest-michigan/features/StoryCorps-revisits-Kalamazoo-to-offer-residents-story-moments-that-can-be-saved.081723.aspx |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=Southwest Michigan's Second Wave |language=en}}</ref> Each conversation is preserved at the [[American Folklife Center]] at the [[Library of Congress]]. StoryCorps is the largest single collection of personal narratives ever gathered, and millions listen to StoryCorps' weekly broadcasts on NPR's ''Morning'' ''Edition'' and visit its website, www.storycorps.org.


== History ==
== History ==
David Isay grew up in [[New Haven]], [[Connecticut]], and [[Manhattan]], [[New York State|New York]]. He is the son of the [[psychiatrist]], [[Richard Isay]].<ref>[http://gaycitynews.com/dr-richard-isay-lover-and-fighter-dies-at-77/ ''Gay City News'']</ref> and book editor and author, Jane Isay.<ref>[http://www.bookreporter.com/blog/2010/05/06/jane-and-dave-isay-role-reversal]</ref> He graduated from [[Friends Seminary]] in 1983<ref>http://www.friendsseminary.org/storycorps</ref> and [[New York University]] in 1987.<ref>http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/news-releases/2010/05/storycorps-founder-d-20100506</ref>
David Isay grew up in [[New Haven]], [[Connecticut]], and [[Manhattan]], [[New York State|New York]]. He is the son of the [[psychiatrist]] [[Richard Isay]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gaycitynews.com/dr-richard-isay-lover-and-fighter-dies-at-77/|title=Dr. Richard Isay, Lover and Fighter, Dies at 77 - Gay City News - Gay City News|website=gaycitynews.com|date=July 4, 2012 |access-date=August 31, 2017}}</ref> and book editor and author Jane Isay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookreporter.com/blog/2010/05/06/jane-and-dave-isay-role-reversal|title=Jane and Dave Isay: Role Reversal - Bookreporter.com|website=www.bookreporter.com|access-date=August 31, 2017}}</ref> He graduated from [[Friends Seminary]] in 1983{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} and [[New York University]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/news-releases/2010/05/storycorps-founder-d-20100506 |title=StoryCorps Founder Dave Isay Receives 2010 Ambrose Oral History Award |website=news.rutgers.edu |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718085729/http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/news-releases/2010/05/storycorps-founder-d-20100506 |archive-date=18 July 2012 }}</ref>


Isay produced a wide variety of programs for [[NPR]], including the ''Yiddish Radio Project'' with [[Henry Sapoznik]], salvaging recordings of Victor Packer.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/17/arts/television-radio-pulling-in-signals-from-a-lost-world.html "Television/Radio; Pulling in Signals From a Lost World"], ''The New York Times'', JULIE SALAMON, March 17, 2002</ref> He also produced "The Execution Tapes", nineteen recordings of the 23 electrocutions carried out by the state of Georgia since 1984.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/02/us/sounds-of-the-georgia-death-chamber-will-be-heard-on-public-radio.htm "Sounds of the Georgia Death Chamber Will Be Heard on Public Radio"], ''The New York Times'', Sara Rimer, May 2, 2001</ref>
Isay produced a wide variety of programs for [[NPR]], including the ''Yiddish Radio Project'' with [[Henry Sapoznik]], salvaging recordings of Victor Packer.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/17/arts/television-radio-pulling-in-signals-from-a-lost-world.html "Television/Radio; Pulling in Signals From a Lost World"], ''The New York Times'', JULIE SALAMON, March 17, 2002</ref> He also produced "The Execution Tapes," nineteen recordings of the 23 electrocutions carried out by the state of Georgia since 1984.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/02/us/sounds-of-the-georgia-death-chamber-will-be-heard-on-public-radio.html "Sounds of the Georgia Death Chamber Will Be Heard on Public Radio"], ''The New York Times'', Sara Rimer, May 2, 2001</ref>


Isay received a MacArthur “Genius” fellowship as a radio documentary producer before he started StoryCorps.
Isay received a MacArthur "Genius" fellowship as a radio documentary producer before he started StoryCorps.


In 2003 Isay set up an oral history recording booth at [[Grand Central Terminal|Grand Central Station]], in [[New York City]].<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/07/nyregion/oral-history-project-wants-nation-interviewers-public-recording-booth-grand.html "Oral History Project Wants Nation of Interviewers; Public Recording Booth at Grand Central Aims to Democratize Chroniclers Art"], ''The New York Times'', Michael Brick, May 7, 2003</ref> He recruited oral historian [[Studs Terkel]] of Chicago to cut the ceremonial ribbon for the opening of StoryCorps' first booth.<ref>[http://carnegie.org/fileadmin/Media/Publications/carnegie_results_fall_12_story_coprs.pdf]</ref> Today, StoryCorps has recording booths in Atlanta, Chicago and San Francisco <ref>[http://storycorps.org/programs/]</ref> and in 2005, StoryCorps converted two airstream trailers into a MobileBooth traveling recording studios, launching its first cross-country tour.
In 2003, Isay set up an oral history recording booth inside [[Grand Central Terminal]], in [[New York City]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/07/nyregion/oral-history-project-wants-nation-interviewers-public-recording-booth-grand.html "Oral History Project Wants Nation of Interviewers; Public Recording Booth at Grand Central Aims to Democratize Chroniclers Art"], ''The New York Times'', Michael Brick, May 7, 2003</ref> He recruited oral historian [[Studs Terkel]] of Chicago to cut the ceremonial ribbon for the opening of StoryCorps' first booth.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://carnegie.org/fileadmin/Media/Publications/carnegie_results_fall_12_story_coprs.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919191329/http://carnegie.org/fileadmin/Media/Publications/carnegie_results_fall_12_story_coprs.pdf |archive-date=September 19, 2012 }}</ref> Today, StoryCorps has recording booths in Atlanta, Chicago and San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://storycorps.org/programs/ |title=StoryCorps &#124; Recording Locations |access-date=November 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104010739/http://storycorps.org/programs/ |archive-date=November 4, 2014 }}</ref> In 2005, StoryCorps converted two Airstream trailers into traveling recording studios—its MobileBooths—launching its first cross-country tour.
In 2010, StoryCorps began animating a selection of their interviews with the Rauch Brothers, thus making the leap from radio broadcast to television on shows like PBS’ POV and online animated videos.
In 2010, StoryCorps began animating a selection of their interviews with the Rauch brothers, thus making the leap from radio broadcast to television on shows like PBS' POV and online animated videos.

Isay is also a member of the [[Peabody Award]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/about|title=Who We Are|access-date=November 22, 2019|publisher=Grady College and University of Georgia}}</ref> board of directors, which are presented by the University of Georgia's [[Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication]].


==Awards==
==Awards==
* 2015 [[TED Prize]]<ref>http://blog.ted.com/announcing-our-ted-prize-2015-winner-dave-isay-of-storycorps/</ref>
* 2015 [[TED Prize]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.ted.com/announcing-our-ted-prize-2015-winner-dave-isay-of-storycorps/|title=Announcing our TED Prize 2015 winner: Dave Isay of StoryCorps|date=November 17, 2014|publisher=|access-date=August 31, 2017}}</ref>
* 2006 [[Rockefeller Fellow]]<ref>http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/fellows//david-isay?rq=david%20isay%20</ref>
* 2006 [[Rockefeller Fellow]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/fellows//david-isay|title=David Isay|website=United States Artists|access-date=August 31, 2017}}</ref>
* 2001 The Hillman Prize with [[Stacy Abramson]] for "Witness to an Execution" segment on NPR's ''All Things Considered''
* 2001 The Hillman Prize with [[Stacy Abramson]] for "Witness to an Execution" segment on NPR's ''All Things Considered''
* 2000 [[MacArthur Fellows Program]]
* 2000 [[MacArthur Fellows Program]]
* 1996 [[The Hillman Prize]] with [[LeAlan Jones]] and [[Lloyd Newman]] for "Remorse: The 14 Stories of Eric Morse" segment on NPR's ''All Things Considered''
* 1996 [[The Hillman Prize]] with [[LeAlan Jones]] and [[Lloyd Newman]] for "Remorse: The 14 Stories of Eric Morse" segment on NPR's ''All Things Considered''
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* 1994 [[Guggenheim Fellow]]
* Four [[Peabody Award]]s
* Four [[Peabody Award]]s
* Two [[Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award]]s
* Two [[Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award]]s
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* [[Guggenheim Fellow]]


==Books==
==Books==
* ''[http://www.bookdepository.com/Callings/9781594205187 Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work]'', David Isay, Penguin Group, 19 April 2016, ISBN 1594205183
* ''[http://www.bookdepository.com/Callings/9781594205187 Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work]'', David Isay, Penguin Group, 19 April 2016, {{ISBN|1-59420-518-3}}
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=YMIhdSbTcVEC&lpg=PT117&dq=all%20there%20is%20dave%20isay&pg=PT3#v=onepage&q=all%20there%20is%20dave%20isay&f=false ''Ties That Bind: Stories of Love and Gratitude From The First Ten Years of StoryCorps''] Editor David Isay with Lizzie Jacobs, Penguin Group, 2013, ISBN 978-1-101-63876-7
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=YMIhdSbTcVEC&dq=all+there+is+dave+isay&pg=PT3 ''Ties That Bind: Stories of Love and Gratitude From The First Ten Years of StoryCorps''] Editor David Isay with Lizzie Jacobs, Penguin Group, 2013, {{ISBN|978-1-101-63876-7}}
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=l-DUFsUbg58C&lpg=PP1&dq=isbn%3A1101559780&pg=PT3#v=onepage&q&f=false '' All There Is: Love Stories from StoryCorps''], Editor David Isay, Penguin Group, 2012, ISBN 978-1-101-55637-5
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=l-DUFsUbg58C&pg=PT3 '' All There Is: Love Stories from StoryCorps''], Editor David Isay, Penguin Group, 2012, {{ISBN|978-1-101-55637-5}}
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=yjdyIwTAixcC&dq=isbn:1101427329 ''Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps''], Editor David Isay, Penguin Group, 2010, ISBN 9780143118800
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=yjdyIwTAixcC ''Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps''], Editor David Isay, Penguin Group, 2010, {{ISBN|978-0-14-311880-0}}
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=CHtC_RmVtVIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22David+Isay%22&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the Storycorps Project''], Editor David Isay, Penguin Group, 2007, ISBN 978-1-59420-140-0
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=CHtC_RmVtVIC&q=%22David+Isay%22 ''Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the Storycorps Project''], Editor David Isay, Penguin Group, 2007, {{ISBN|978-1-59420-140-0}}
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=eerP1mrzJzcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22David+Isay%22&cd=2#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago''], Authors [[LeAlan Jones]], Lloyd Newman, David Isay, Photographs John Anthony Brooks, Simon and Schuster, 1998, ISBN 978-0-671-00464-4
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=eerP1mrzJzcC&q=%22David+Isay%22 ''Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago''], Authors [[LeAlan Jones]], Lloyd Newman, David Isay, Photographs John Anthony Brooks, Simon and Schuster, 1998, {{ISBN|978-0-671-00464-4}}
* ''Holding On: Dreamers, Visionaries, Eccentrics, and Other American Heroes'', Authors David Isay, Photographs Harvey Wang, W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1997, ISBN 978-0-393-31608-7
* ''Holding On: Dreamers, Visionaries, Eccentrics, and Other American Heroes'', Authors David Isay, Photographs Harvey Wang, W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1997, {{ISBN|978-0-393-31608-7}}
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=bw1Viz11xzMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22David+Isay%22&cd=5#v=onepage&q&f=false ''12 American Voices: An Authentic Listening and Integrated-Skills Text''], Authors Maurice Cogan Hauck, Kenneth MacDougall, David Isay, Yale University Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-300-08960-8
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=bw1Viz11xzMC&q=%22David+Isay%22 ''12 American Voices: An Authentic Listening and Integrated-Skills Text''], Authors Maurice Cogan Hauck, Kenneth MacDougall, David Isay, Yale University Press, 2001, {{ISBN|978-0-300-08960-8}}


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.storycorps.org/ StoryCorps]
* [http://www.storycorps.org/ StoryCorps]
* [http://www.vimeo.com/storycorps StoryCorps on Vimeo]
* [http://www.vimeo.com/storycorps StoryCorps on Vimeo]
* [http://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail?pid=17345 NPR: StoryCorps Podcast]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101207034635/http://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail?pid=17345 NPR: StoryCorps Podcast]
* {{TED speaker|dave_isay|Dave Isay}}
* {{TED speaker|2=Dave Isay}}
** [http://www.ted.com/talks/dave_isay_everyone_around_you_has_a_story_the_world_needs_to_hear "Everyone around you has a story the world needs to hear" (TED2015)]
* [http://www.ted.com/talks/dave_isay_everyone_around_you_has_a_story_the_world_needs_to_hear "Everyone around you has a story the world needs to hear" (TED2015)]
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Latest revision as of 18:20, 7 July 2024

David Isay
Born
David Avram Isay

(1965-12-05) December 5, 1965 (age 58)
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
OccupationRadio producer
Known forFounder of StoryCorps
Websitestorycorps.org

David Avram "Dave" Isay (born December 5, 1965) is an American radio producer and founder of Sound Portraits Productions.[1] He is also the founder of StoryCorps, an ongoing oral history project.[2] He is the recipient of numerous broadcasting honors, including six Peabody Awards and a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship. He is the author/editor of numerous books that grew out of his public radio documentary work.

Since 2003, StoryCorps has collected and archived interviews with more than 645,000 participants.[3] Each conversation is preserved at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps is the largest single collection of personal narratives ever gathered, and millions listen to StoryCorps' weekly broadcasts on NPR's Morning Edition and visit its website, www.storycorps.org.

History

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David Isay grew up in New Haven, Connecticut, and Manhattan, New York. He is the son of the psychiatrist Richard Isay[4] and book editor and author Jane Isay.[5] He graduated from Friends Seminary in 1983[citation needed] and New York University in 1987.[6]

Isay produced a wide variety of programs for NPR, including the Yiddish Radio Project with Henry Sapoznik, salvaging recordings of Victor Packer.[7] He also produced "The Execution Tapes," nineteen recordings of the 23 electrocutions carried out by the state of Georgia since 1984.[8]

Isay received a MacArthur "Genius" fellowship as a radio documentary producer before he started StoryCorps.

In 2003, Isay set up an oral history recording booth inside Grand Central Terminal, in New York City.[9] He recruited oral historian Studs Terkel of Chicago to cut the ceremonial ribbon for the opening of StoryCorps' first booth.[10] Today, StoryCorps has recording booths in Atlanta, Chicago and San Francisco.[11] In 2005, StoryCorps converted two Airstream trailers into traveling recording studios—its MobileBooths—launching its first cross-country tour. In 2010, StoryCorps began animating a selection of their interviews with the Rauch brothers, thus making the leap from radio broadcast to television on shows like PBS' POV and online animated videos.

Isay is also a member of the Peabody Awards[12] board of directors, which are presented by the University of Georgia's Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Awards

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Books

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  • Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work, David Isay, Penguin Group, 19 April 2016, ISBN 1-59420-518-3
  • Ties That Bind: Stories of Love and Gratitude From The First Ten Years of StoryCorps Editor David Isay with Lizzie Jacobs, Penguin Group, 2013, ISBN 978-1-101-63876-7
  • All There Is: Love Stories from StoryCorps, Editor David Isay, Penguin Group, 2012, ISBN 978-1-101-55637-5
  • Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps, Editor David Isay, Penguin Group, 2010, ISBN 978-0-14-311880-0
  • Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the Storycorps Project, Editor David Isay, Penguin Group, 2007, ISBN 978-1-59420-140-0
  • Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago, Authors LeAlan Jones, Lloyd Newman, David Isay, Photographs John Anthony Brooks, Simon and Schuster, 1998, ISBN 978-0-671-00464-4
  • Holding On: Dreamers, Visionaries, Eccentrics, and Other American Heroes, Authors David Isay, Photographs Harvey Wang, W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1997, ISBN 978-0-393-31608-7
  • 12 American Voices: An Authentic Listening and Integrated-Skills Text, Authors Maurice Cogan Hauck, Kenneth MacDougall, David Isay, Yale University Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-300-08960-8

References

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  1. ^ "About Sound Portraits". Archived from the original on March 22, 2010. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  2. ^ "Person of the Week: David Isay". ABC News. December 15, 2005. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  3. ^ Mike Wenninger (August 17, 2023). "StoryCorps revisits Kalamazoo to offer residents preservable story moments". Southwest Michigan's Second Wave. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  4. ^ "Dr. Richard Isay, Lover and Fighter, Dies at 77 - Gay City News - Gay City News". gaycitynews.com. July 4, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  5. ^ "Jane and Dave Isay: Role Reversal - Bookreporter.com". www.bookreporter.com. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  6. ^ "StoryCorps Founder Dave Isay Receives 2010 Ambrose Oral History Award". news.rutgers.edu. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  7. ^ "Television/Radio; Pulling in Signals From a Lost World", The New York Times, JULIE SALAMON, March 17, 2002
  8. ^ "Sounds of the Georgia Death Chamber Will Be Heard on Public Radio", The New York Times, Sara Rimer, May 2, 2001
  9. ^ "Oral History Project Wants Nation of Interviewers; Public Recording Booth at Grand Central Aims to Democratize Chroniclers Art", The New York Times, Michael Brick, May 7, 2003
  10. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 19, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ "StoryCorps | Recording Locations". Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  12. ^ "Who We Are". Grady College and University of Georgia. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  13. ^ "Announcing our TED Prize 2015 winner: Dave Isay of StoryCorps". November 17, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  14. ^ "David Isay". United States Artists. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
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