Story in the Public Square
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Story in the Public Square is an initiative to study, celebrate and tell stories of interest to the public discourse.[1][2][3] It is based at Salve Regina University's Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy, and it has received support from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities,[4] the Pulitzer Prize Board, and other sources.[5]
Premise[edit]
Story in the Public Square's guiding premise is that however they are communicated — through text, images, art, music or other means — stories have a unique ability to influence opinions and beliefs that is beyond the cold, hard facts of exposition. Story in the Public Square sponsors seminars, conferences and lectures; supports original scholarship about public storytelling; annually names a local and national story of the year; and annually awards the Pell Center Prize for Story in the Public Square, which recognizes a contemporary storyteller whose work has had a significant impact on the public dialogue.
In the fall of 2014, SIPS sponsored performances of 'Ajax: A Community Conversation About Returning Veterans,' a play about the struggles of veterans after war produced by Providence College Professor and SIPS fellow Robert B. Hackey.[6][7]
Story in the Public Square was founded in 2012 by Pell Center executive director Jim Ludes and author, journalist and filmmaker G. Wayne Miller, now Story in the Public Square Director.
On February 12, 2016, Story in the Public Square announced a partnership with the national PBS show White House Chronicle to produce monthly episodes of "Story in the Public Square" which "will feature interviews with today’s best print, screen, music and other storytellers about their creative process and how their stories impact public understanding and policy." The first broadcast, was the weekend of February 13, 2016.[8]
On March 15, 2016, SIPS announced the fourth annual winner of the Pell Center Prize for Story in the Public Square: Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and documentary filmmaker Javier Manzano, who received the award in a ceremony on June 21, 2016, at the Pell Center.[9]
In accepting the award, Manzano spoke of why he risks his personal safety while working inside Syria, Afghanistan and other war-torn places. "The motivation is to see the courage and to see the resilience and to see the dignity that some of the people that have gone through hell on earth, still can look you in the eye and want you to tell their story. Even though they know that they are not going to gain anything out of it and most likely none of their entire family, or clan or neighborhood, or city or country. But they still want to tell you their story. You still have to tell their story."[10]
On January 14, 2017, Story in the Public Square launched a new weekly PBS and SiriusXM Radio show. The first guest was national security analyst Tom Nichols, professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval War College, who discussed Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the "death of expertise" in an era of fake news. [11]
On August 21, 2018, it was announced that Story in the Public Square TV, which has won multiple Telly Awards, would be broadcast in markets across the U.S., including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco, Atlanta, Boston, Phoenix, Detroit, San Diego, Milwaukee, Tampa, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Memphis, St. Louis, Portland, Oregon, and Birmingham, Alabama. As of August 18, 2022, the show is carried in 23 of the top 25 markets in America, and 83 of the top 100, with a national reach of 85%.[12][13]
On May 21, 2019, it was announced that the show won its second Telly Award in the Best Political/Commentary in the Television category.[14]
On May 25, 2022, it was announced that the show won its sixth Telly Award for Social Impact in the Television category.[15]
Pell Center Prize for Story in the Public Square[edit]
| Year | Winner | Cited Works |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Azar Nafisi[16] | Author, teacher |
| 2021 | Michael Paul Williams[17] | Pulitzer Prize-winning writer for the Richmond Times-Dispatch |
| 2020 | Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there was no Pell Prize awarded in 2020. | |
| 2019 | Elizabeth Kolbert[18] | Pulitzer Prize-winning writer for The New Yorker |
| 2018 | Dan Barry[19] | Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist |
| 2017 | Daphne Matziaraki | Documentary filmmaker, nominated for Best Documentary Short Subject, 2017 Academy Awards |
| 2016 | Javier Manzano | Photographer and documentary filmmaker, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography [1] |
| 2015 | Lisa Genova[20][21] | Still Alice, Inside The O'Briens, Left Neglected and Love Anthony. |
| 2014 | Danny Strong | Recount, Game Change and Lee Daniels' The Butler. |
| 2013 | Dana Priest | A series of Washington Post stories "exposing mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, evoking a national outcry and producing reforms by federal officials," according to the 2008 Pulitzer Prize jury. |
See also[edit]
Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Story in the Public Square". Salve.edu. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ^ "Story in the Public Square | Pell Center Blog". Archived from the original on 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
- ^ West, Daryl Ann. "Story in the Public Square: Animator, RISD professor Agnieszka Woznicka 'builds entire worlds from scratch'". Providencejournal.com. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ^ "40th Anniversary Report - Rhode Island Council for the Humanities". Issuu.com. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ^ "Grant from the Pulitzer Prizes to Support Story in the Public Square". Pellcenter.org. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ^ "Robert Hackey". Providence College. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "Providence College to host 'Ajax: A Community Conversation About Returning Veterans'". Providence College. November 5, 2014. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ Report, Journal Staff. "Pell Center to collaborate on PBS show". Providencejournal.com. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ^ "Pulitzer Prize-Winning photojournalist Javier Manzano to receive 2016 Pell Center Prize for Story in the Public Square". Pellcenter.org. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ^ Kozma, Carol. "Story in the Public Square: People, their stories lure Manzano to war zones". Providencejournal.com. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ^ Tempera, Jacqueline. "Weekly episodes of 'Story in the Public Square' to feature R.I. personalities". Providencejournal.com. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ^ "Story in the Public Square".
- ^ staff, Journal. "'Story in the Public Square' to go national". Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ ""Story in the Public Square" Awarded Bronze for Best Political/Commentary in Television in the 40th Annual Telly Awards". 21 May 2019.
- ^ ""Story in the Public Square" Awarded Bronze for Social Impact in the Television category in the 43rd Annual Telly Awards". 25 May 2022.
- ^ "Reading Lolita in Tehran author Azar Nafisi named ninth Pell Center Prize winner".
- ^ "Richmond Times-Dispatch journalist and columnist Michael Paul Williams named 2021 Pell Center Prize winner".
- ^ "Environmental writer Elizabeth Kolbert named 2019 Pell Center Prize winner".
- ^ Clifford A. Ramirez (21 August 2009). FERPA Clear and Simple: The College Professional's Guide to Compliance. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 17–. ISBN 978-0-470-53858-6.
- ^ "'Still Alice' author to receive 2015 Pell Center Prize". Providence Journal. April 23, 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "Lisa Genova, Best-selling Author of Still Alice, to Receive 2015 Pell Center Prize". Pell Center Blog. April 23, 2015. Archived from the original on 31 July 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.