Forging a Path Toward Accessibility: Rethinking How We Collect and Share Stories

Abstract

In a meditation on the future of journalism and media history—through the lens of a closer re-examination of methodology—this essay challenges journalism historians to rethink how they collect and share stories in an increasingly digital world, especially regarding oral history interviewing. By pushing back on assumptions and centering access, this essay argues for reassessing whose stories get told and who is able to tell stories. It also provides a primer on conducting oral histories remotely.