Texas Stories - OUR TOWN: Audio Postcards from the Past

OUR TOWN: Audio Postcards

OUR TOWN: Audio Postcards from the Past is a new, 90-second, online-only, audio series featuring stories about local and regional history. It has been created especially for TEXAS STORIES’ City web pages, e-Newsletter and online Texas History Resource Center.

Stories presented on OUR TOWN will focus on history topics of local interest, such as a city’s origins, early pioneers, famous citizens, historic buildings, landmarks and memorable moments in city or county history. Audio Postcards will be featured on City web pages, in the TEXAS STORIES Listening Library, Texas History Resource Center, and in the new OUR TOWN section of our Weekly e-Newsletter. Click on a speaker below to hear an Audio Postcard from Austin, Texas. (Sample Postcards are temporarily in graphic format.)

Modeled after Producer Kathleen Jenkins’ two, award-winning Texas History Radio Series – The Capital City Chronicles (1989) and The Corpus Christi Chronicles (1992), the OUR TOWN Audio Postcards will use music, sound effects and the art of storytelling to bring local and regional history to life. Like the TEXAS STORIES Audio Series, each program will have a companion web page in the Listening Library that features the audio clip, transcript, historic image and links to related online resources. (See Sample)

AUDIO SNAPSHOTS from the Past

This fun, new offering will present audio highlights of local landmarks in 30- to 40-second narratives. Each Snapshot will have a clickable slide show of related images and a drop-down window to reveal the text. Click on a speaker below to hear an Audio Snapshot from Austin, Texas. (Sample Snapshots are temporarily in graphic format.)

Audio programming about notable people will be presented as Audio Portraits. Each Audio Snapshot and Audio Portrait will also be reformatted as an Audio Flashcard for use in the classroom. Look for Audio Snapshots on City web pages, in the Texas History Resource Center and where you see the Snapshot graphic. Look for Audio Flashcards in the Classroom Activities Center.

Share the Stories of YOUR TOWN

Historians, educators, museum curators, historical societies and businesses are invited to suggest topics and/or sponsor a Audio Postcard, Snapshot or Portrait. Together we'll build the TEXAS STORIES City web pages and Texas History Resource Center - ONLINE - One Story at a Time. Contact us today!

For information on how your organization can Sponsor an OUR TOWN Audio Package, please contact Producer Kathleen Jenkins or call 512.451.3000.




	May 09, 2008 the story • audio postcards mission production team partners nonprofit sponsor advisors comments share a comment tell a friend newsletter	OUR TOWN: Audio Postcards OUR TOWN: Audio Postcards from the Past is a new, 90-second, online-only, audio series featuring stories about local and regional history. It has been created especially for TEXAS STORIES’ City web pages, e-Newsletter and online Texas History Resource Center. Stories presented on OUR TOWN will focus on history topics of local interest, such as a city’s origins, early pioneers, famous citizens, historic buildings, landmarks and memorable moments in city or county history. Audio Postcards will be featured on City web pages, in the TEXAS STORIES Listening Library, Texas History Resource Center, and in the new OUR TOWN section of our Weekly e-Newsletter. Click on a speaker below to hear an Audio Postcard from Austin, Texas. (Sample Postcards are temporarily in graphic format.) Modeled after Producer Kathleen Jenkins’ two, award-winning Texas History Radio Series – The Capital City Chronicles (1989) and The Corpus Christi Chronicles (1992), the OUR TOWN Audio Postcards will use music, sound effects and the art of storytelling to bring local and regional history to life. Like the TEXAS STORIES Audio Series, each program will have a companion web page in the Listening Library that features the audio clip, transcript, historic image and links to related online resources. (See Sample) AUDIO SNAPSHOTS from the Past This fun, new offering will present audio highlights of local landmarks in 30- to 40-second narratives. Each Snapshot will have a clickable slide show of related images and a drop-down window to reveal the text. Click on a speaker below to hear an Audio Snapshot from Austin, Texas. (Sample Snapshots are temporarily in graphic format.) Audio programming about notable people will be presented as Audio Portraits. Each Audio Snapshot and Audio Portrait will also be reformatted as an Audio Flashcard for use in the classroom. Look for Audio Snapshots on City web pages, in the Texas History Resource Center and where you see the Snapshot graphic. Look for Audio Flashcards in the Classroom Activities Center. Share the Stories of YOUR TOWN Historians, educators, museum curators, historical societies and businesses are invited to suggest topics and/or sponsor a Audio Postcard, Snapshot or Portrait. Together we'll build the TEXAS STORIES City web pages and Texas History Resource Center - ONLINE - One Story at a Time. Contact us today! For information on how your organization can Sponsor an OUR TOWN Audio Package, please contact Producer Kathleen Jenkins or call 512.451.3000.	Share the Stories of YOUR TOWN on OUR TOWN
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