Looking back on What’s the Story is like looking back on a class, a summer camp, a winding journey, an intensive workshop, and a giant inside joke—all rolled into one. It’s hard to believe that back in Se […]

I’ve thought those words over the past months more than I ever have in my life, and every time, it’s been about the same thing: What’s the Story.

Almost exactly a year ago, I was in your position. Approached by […]

One week ago, in Burlington and Winooski, I learned that the very best part of our project is talking to people. Maybe I had gotten a taste of that when I first formed my team in November, or when I had my i […]

Today I experienced a very different pre-interview than the last one I had, and a pre-interview that will likely take me in different directions. Last time I was speaking to an expert on my topic who was mostly […]

Man, does it feel good that I finished an interview yesterday—and that I finished it smoothly, quickly, and well. That I have over 45 minutes of footage that we can and will use in our documentary. That my que […]

Dear Team,

Going into my first pre-interview, with Shawna Shapiro, I’d like to get your advice. For all the talk about interviews at the last retreat, I’m still unsure about what kind of questions to ask. In a […]

What I love about What’s The Story is that I never quite know where it’s going. It’s like the Labyrinth of Ancient Greek mythology: a maze that changes as you travel its paths. Except instead of a minotaur hidden […]

This week, I began sending emails to start conversations that will hopefully lead to interviews. I started with three contacts: Shawna Shapiro, a professor of language at Middlebury College who teaches about how […]

Over the past week I continued working on my topic mostly by talking to my parents and looking out for any new connections to our topic. An article my uncle posted on Facebook stuck out specifically by chance. It […]

This week is my first week of my new topic—OUR new topic. In reading other group members’ blogs and doing my own research, I realized that this week, my goal is not only to learn about the issue, but to figure o […]

The best conversations are those which end in excitement—and the feeling that they’re not over yet. Measured in conversations, last weekend’s retreat was a huge success that left me eager for the future.

I c […]