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"These days, I mostly think of us a story catcher," says @JacquiB. "To have any value beyond our bylines, we have to tap into all of our resources, not just as journalists but as humans." #story19
.@JacquiB leaves us with 5 wisdoms:
1. The story is not about you, but you have to be fully present in the story.
2. If you are using "I", the "vertical pronoun", use it not as a wall between you, your story and your reader, but as a bridge.
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1. The story is not about you, but you have to be fully present in the story.
2. If you are using "I", the "vertical pronoun", use it not as a wall between you, your story and your reader, but as a bridge.
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3. All reporting is foreign reporting. You can’t presume you know the truth of someone else’s life.
4. Wherever you go, there you are.
5. Wherever you go, go with all your heart. (from Confucius)
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4. Wherever you go, there you are.
5. Wherever you go, go with all your heart. (from Confucius)
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.@lisadtaddeo says that “to both talk to people at length and with candour, you have to give them an out”. Make it about humanity, not just journalism. #story19 
Why are there no men in @lisadtaddeo’s book? “It’s the women’s stories. It was their version of events. The men’s stories have been heard.” #story19
“The truth is scary, which is why journalism is scary... We need to listen more than we ask and we need to write the truth, not merely the facts,” says @lisadtaddeo. #story19
.@AaronWickenden shares insights into his documentary making, saying he’s drawn to people-driven stories where characters are going through cathartic transformation. #story19
His aunt coined the word “the Wickenden jibe” to describe how the family deals with emotion: avoidance. @AaronWickenden says this made him want to explore how to connect with others in emotional ways. #story19
.@AaronWickenden became interested in video documentaries as a medium that transmits the energy of connection and emotional transfer. He explores, in the way he edits, how people deal, or don’t, with emotions. #story19
Our first speaker today is @jonathangottsch, who presents us with the dark side of storytelling. He starts light, saying that jokes are a great example of stories infiltrating everything that we do. #story19
Humans are storytelling animals, says @jonathangottsch. But the power the storyteller has can be used just as much to harm, as it can to heal. #story19
We have fights about alternative stories and interpretations, says @jonathangottsch, who is pessimistic about the storytelling animal now. “We allow the narratives to choose our facts.” #story19
What our investors didn't like about @JenniferBrandel's pitches was that they didn't have a "boner slide" (read more: medium.com/@sexandstartup…). She realized they didn't need more players playing the same game. They have to change the game. #story19
"It’s not a pipeline problem, it’s the pipe. We don’t like that pipe," says @JenniferBrandel. There are organizations who are not interested in making more money, they’re looking for another outcome. #story19
@JenniferBrandel Another one for the reading list, from @JenniferBrandel. medium.com/@sexandstartup… #STORY19
.@ioanidacostache’s talk examines how we heal on an individual level, but also as a society, from social exclusion. #story19 It’s the story of a family who didn’t pass down its own culture due to persecution. #story19
“Roma history has indeed been silenced, but the Roma themselves have not been silenced,” says Ioanida Costache. Her work strives to facilitate a remembering of disremembered or untold stories. #story19
Roma have an original wound, slavery and genocide, that has been retraumaitized for decades, says Ioanida Costache. “Healing requires recognition so that we might arrive at reconciliation.” #story19
.@aaronlammer takes to the stage to shares notes on his journey into podcasting. He says that if you notice new tech trends around you and want to make the most of them, you have to think as much like a product designer as you are as a storyteller. #story19
@aaronlammer "If you want to pursue something, podcasting is a great excuse to pursue it. It’s a great cover story," says @aaronlammer. #story19
@aaronlammer .@aaronlammer’s podcasting tips, part 1:
1. force people to subscribe to your podcast
2. be bad at podcasting (you learn and improve)
3. design for your audience (study shows you really like)
4. audiences are aspirational
5. podcasting is a real-time medium
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1. force people to subscribe to your podcast
2. be bad at podcasting (you learn and improve)
3. design for your audience (study shows you really like)
4. audiences are aspirational
5. podcasting is a real-time medium
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Luke Dittrich tells the story of a destruction that led to a revelation: the story of Patient H. M. - an experimental surgery his grandfather had performed in attempt to cure epilepsy, but instead deeply affected the patient’s memory. #story19
There’s no shortage of people who have straddled the line between medical practice and research, Dittrich says. But it’s one thing to tell a distant story, and another to tell the story of your grandfather. #story19
He says writing the story of Patient H.M. was like orthopedic surgery on a bone that was broken a long time ago and never healed: it had to be reset, put back together to be more aligned with the truth. It was a brutal job with crude instruments (words). #STORY19
.@lipiroy is now on stage at #story19 saying there’s a tradition of doctor storytellers. Day 1 of med school, there are 2 lessons: always listen to your patient & your patient is the best teacher. But as daily life in a hospital takes its toll, you can lose patience for stories.
As she started learning more about addiction, listening to experts and patients, she learned that substances and behaviours aren’t the true causes. The causes are stressful, traumatising experieces, leading to complex emotions like isolation, grief - and selfmedication. #story19
Singer and songwriter Lucia takes to the stage and shares how she found her refuge in music. #story19
She learned how to play the piano from YouTube and has no classical training, which led to her receiving criticism for her work when she was 17. She felt under pressure. But now she knows “music can bring people together and I don’t have to do everything by myself”. #story19
"I feel like all artists have this thing in common and that’s picking at wounds. I feel like for me it’s the only way to heal completely. You get a chance to go over things... Music is that perfect medium to have that conversation with yourself." #STORY19
Our first speaker, Tatiana Țîbuleac, always believed in healing from the inside. “My story is a wound that took three generations to heal.” #Story19
Her grandmother would always make up stories to tell her - neither happy, nor sad, always connected to some part of reality (neighbors, animals, familiar places). "She was preparing me for the real story." #story19
It's called "the story of the needle" which is now hanging on a wall in her family home. It's a needle her grandmother took with her when the family was deported to a gulag in the 1940s. "The needle was needed and somehow it brought them together. It was their story." #story19
