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David Avram "Dave" Isay (born December 5, 1965) is an American radio producer and founder of Sound Portraits Productions.〔http://www.soundportraits.org/about/〕 He is also the founder of StoryCorps, an ongoing oral history project.〔http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/PersonOfWeek/story?id=775700&page=1〕 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, including three StoryCorps books: Listening Is an Act of Love (2007), Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps, and All There Is: Love Stories from StoryCorps (2012)–all New York Times bestsellers. StoryCorps’ fourth and latest book, Ties That Bind: Stories of Love and Gratitude From the First Ten Years of StoryCorps, was released in the fall of 2013 to coincide with the organization’s 10th anniversary. 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 voices ever gathered, and millions listen to StoryCorps’ weekly broadcasts on NPR’s Morning Edition and on storycorps.org. == History == David Isay grew up in New Haven, Connecticut, and Manhattan, New York. He is the son of the psychiatrist, Richard Isay.〔(''Gay City News'' )〕 and book editor and author, Jane Isay.〔()〕 He graduated from Friends Seminary in 1983〔http://www.friendsseminary.org/storycorps〕 and New York University in 1987.〔http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/news-releases/2010/05/storycorps-founder-d-20100506〕 Isay produced a wide variety of programs for NPR, including ''Yiddish Radio Project'' with Henry Sapoznik, salvaging recordings of Victor Packer.〔("Television/Radio; Pulling in Signals From a Lost World" ), ''The New York Times'', JULIE SALAMON, March 17, 2002〕 He also produced "The Execution Tapes", nineteen recordings of the 23 electrocutions carried out by the state of Georgia since 1984.〔("Sounds of the Georgia Death Chamber Will Be Heard on Public Radio" ), ''The New York Times'', Sara Rimer, May 2, 2001〕 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 Station, in New York City.〔("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〕 He recruited oral historian Studs Terkel of Chicago to cut the ceremonial ribbon for the opening of StoryCorps' first booth.〔()〕 Today, StoryCorps has recording booths in Atlanta, Chicago and San Francisco 〔()〕 and in 2005, StoryCorps converted two airstream trailers into a MobileBooth traveling recording studios, 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Isay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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