Newspaper Reporter Creates Live Storytelling Series

Ally Karsyn's monthly Ode kicks off tonight in Sioux City, Iowa.

For the Sioux City Journal in Iowa, Ally Karsyn is a features reporter while Kirby Kaufman covers City Hall and Native American issues. But tonight, on stage, they will be fellow storytellers, kicking off a once-a-month event devised by Karsyn.

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Karsyn was inspired in part by The Moth, the themed storytelling series launched in New York in 1997. Here’s how she recently explained her free-admission project to Journal readers:

One of my favorite things about being a journalist is being able to connect with people I would not otherwise get to meet.

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