Club member Kathy Bonk discusses growing use of storytelling on current NPC podcast

Storytelling has been around for thousands of years, but it’s a practice that’s now widely used by communities and organizations as a way of initiating change at the international, national, state and local levels.

To learn more about this new trend, check out the current National Press Club podcast, Update-1. It features National Press Club member Kathy Bonk, executive director of the Communications Consortium Media Center, where she is directly involved with storytelling,

In an interview with Broadcast/Podcast Committee member Mike Hempen, Bonk discusses how and why communities use storytelling to empower their residents. She also offers advice on how journalists can benefit from grassroots storytelling initiatives.

Update-1 is produced by Hempen. The podcast can be heard here on the NPC website or on iTunes, Sticher and Tunein.