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“The reason we are unsung is because we have not found our voice.” The ability to tell one’s own story is the beginning of self- empowerment. We envision a center that serves un- or underrepresented groups—groups traditionally overlooked by media coverage. Members of these groups would visit the Center for funded one-week residencies to learn how to tell their own stories.

A public fellowship might include:

Participation in special, intensive workshops on narrative nonfiction, documentary photography and/ or documentary video. Participation in a proposed ongoing Center for the Untold Story Oral History Project. Support for participation-related expenses. An annual magazine filled with stories written and photographed by that year’s public fellows.

Participants would have access, perhaps for the first time in their lives, to working journalists. The Center for the Untold Story will provide them not only with a way to tell their own stories, but a chance to influence the issues covered by the media. For people or groups of people who have not seen themselves or their issues reflected in the mainstream media, the effect can be powerful and transformative.

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Navigation Home About News Academic Programs Partnerships Turnbull Calendar Authors & Journalists Center for the Untold Story Vision Contact Us SOJC Home UO Home Watch the Campaign Oregon: Turnbull Portland Center video.	Document Actions Public Fellowships “The reason we are unsung is because we have not found our voice.” The ability to tell one’s own story is the beginning of self- empowerment. We envision a center that serves un- or underrepresented groups—groups traditionally overlooked by media coverage. Members of these groups would visit the Center for funded one-week residencies to learn how to tell their own stories. A public fellowship might include: Participation in special, intensive workshops on narrative nonfiction, documentary photography and/ or documentary video. Participation in a proposed ongoing Center for the Untold Story Oral History Project. Support for participation-related expenses. An annual magazine filled with stories written and photographed by that year’s public fellows. Participants would have access, perhaps for the first time in their lives, to working journalists. The Center for the Untold Story will provide them not only with a way to tell their own stories, but a chance to influence the issues covered by the media. For people or groups of people who have not seen themselves or their issues reflected in the mainstream media, the effect can be powerful and transformative.