MPR Presents "Story Forms" on December 11
Dec 4, 2013
Story Forms, a new prototype program presented by Minnesota Public Radio, will premiere on Wednesday, Dec. 11, exploring the timely topic of the intersection between holidays and mental health.
Co-hosted by MPR News reporters Annie Baxter and Curtis Gilbert, the 90-minute program dives into the topic through personal narratives, music and sound. Selected storytellers will share their own poignant stories about the holidays, from the heartfelt and poetic to comic relief. Notable storytellers and their tales include: David Wellstone sharing his holiday experiences after the tragic loss of his father, mother and sister in a plane crash in 2002 and MPR News medical correspondent and University of Minnesota physician Jon Hallberg, who reveals how medical school affected his stress and anxiety levels throughout college and over the holidays. Other featured storytellers include Sam Choo, Maggie Ryan Sandford, Mike Fotis, Sun Mee Chomet, Amy Salloway and Isabelle Smith.
MPR also wants to hear from listeners--what's on your mind about the holidays? Share your own experiences and help shape the program by submitting your own 2-minute tale, a short video featuring your true, personal narrative about the intersection between stress, mental health, and the holidays. Your 2-Minute Tale can be serious, humorous, heartfelt or silly--as long as it is true, focused on your own personal experiences, and 2 minutes or less in length. Use a mobile device to capture your story, then upload it to YouTube or Vimeo, then use the form on the Story Forms website to submit a link to your video. A selection of these submitted 2-Minute Tales may be used as part of the Story Forms program and archived on the Story Forms website at mpr.org/storyforms.
Story Forms is presented by MPR's Healthy States initiative.
When: Wednesday, December 11, 2013, Doors at 7 p.m., Program at 7:30 p.m.
Where: UBS Form, MPR Headquarters, 480 Cedar Street, St. Paul Tickets: $12/MPR members, $15 general public. Available at mpr.org/tickets. Each ticket includes two (2) drink tickets. Light snacks will also be provided.
About the hosts
Annie Baxter is a senior business reporter at MPR News. She covers the economy, with a special focus on labor market and housing issues. She came to Minnesota Public Radio as a general assignment reporter in 2003, after reporting on the arts at Chicago Public Radio and interning on This American Life. She's garnered more than a dozen awards, including the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Regional Award. Her reports can frequently be heard on national programs such as Morning Edition and Marketplace.
Curtis Gilbert covers the Twin Cities as a member of the MPR News metro reporting unit. He has worked for MPR since 2004 in a variety of reporting and producing roles. He was the founding producer of the nationally distributed American Public Media program Word for Word, and he spent three years working on MPR's Midday program. He was one of 10 American journalists awarded the 2007 Arthur F. Burns Fellowship, which sent him to Deutsche Welle radio in Bonn, Germany.