Exploring What it Really Means to be an American Today: 星空无限传媒 and PBS Partner in Storytelling Project
COLUMBUS, OHIO, MARCH 16, 2021 鈥� 星空无限传媒 is partnering with PBS to capture the stories of Ohio as part of the American Portrait national storytelling initiative. User-generated content from across Ohio 鈥� captured through video, photo and text 鈥� can be uploaded to .
Through a multiplatform experience, American Portrait allows people across the country to participate in a conversation that will spotlight what we have in common as well as the many differences that make up the American experience.
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鈥溞强瘴尴薮� has a long track record of engaging with Central Ohio to tell the stories of our people, places and shared history,鈥� said Cindy Gaillard, 星空无限传媒 content director for television. 鈥淲e are uniquely suited to offer this unprecedented opportunity for Ohioans to share the rich diversity of their experiences through a national project. It鈥檚 important to feel heard. Individual stories of joy, hardship, triumphs and sorrow can help us understand what we have in common and what differentiates us as a nation.鈥�
The American Portrait will accept stories through June 2021.
About 星空无限传媒
The mission of 星空无限传媒 is to engage, inform and inspire our diverse community. An NPR and PBS affiliate, 星空无限传媒 is a noncommercial multimedia organization serving over two million citizens in Central Ohio through broadcast, digital, programming, events and education experiences. A licensee of The Ohio State University, member-supported 星空无限传媒 moves its headquarters and studios to the new 15+HIGH District on campus in 2021. Learn more at .
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