April 2012
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What it means to be from West Virginia by... →
A West Virginia ex-pat shares what it means to be from West Virginia and why she supports Hollow.
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Hollow Featured in Emerson Service Learning and... →
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Notable Tweets of Support!
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Plugging In: Appalachia Online →
Hollow is mentioned in this great column today about Appalachians using new media to improve the region.
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Hollow Featured in WVU's Student Newspaper →
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Hollow Featured in The Hillville Magazine →
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Brown chosen as Raleigh County Schools... →
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SoLost Doc Series →
SoLost is the original video series by The Oxford American that celebrates getting lost in the American South. SoLost is an off-kilter video journey through the side roads, backrooms, cellars and psyche of the modern South. With subjects prospected by master image-maker and Southern back-roads champ Dave Anderson, we delight in the tastes, sounds and myriad cultural delights of this our glorious...
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Hollow Featured on "The Revivalist" →
“The Revivalist” featured an interview with me (Elaine) about Hollow’s mission! Please take the time to read!
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Why is "Hollow" an interactive doc?
Because interactive documentaries are still new to the world of non-fiction expression there are many questions surrounding their form and meaning. These questions have come up in interviews about the project with several reporters and the community. I express to people that linear films are meant for passive consumption whereas interactive film encourages active participation and allow the user...
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Hollow Mentioned in Coal Tattoo's Friday Roundup →
See full roundup on Ken Ward’s Coal Tattoo
From the media world, folks who are active on Twitter or Facebook may have seen mentions around this week about a project called “Hollow: An Interactive Documentary,” which its developers describe as:
… A hybrid community participatory project and interactive documentary where content is created “for the community, by the community.” The project...
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Beckley, W.Va. on List of Best Small Towns...
19. Beckley City, WV
Life in Beckley, like much of the Appalachian area, has always revolved around the coal industry. Take a tour of the coal seams under the city at the Exhibition Coal Mine, renovated in 2008 to give visitors a look into the life of a coal miner and the history of the region. There’s plenty of activity aboveground, too, most of it happening at Tamarack, West Virginia’s...
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Why should West Virginians care about this...
We asked our project team this question. Here are Jason Headley’s (story director and writer) thoughts.
”Most of the thoughts an opinions of our state are formed by outside forces looking in. A project like this gives us the opportunity to do the exact opposite. To let people see West Virginia from the perspective of the people who live here. We can show the good and the bad. And...
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Echoes: Anita
BY: Anita Rae Susac-Morris
I lived in Thorpe about 60 years ago! My grandparents lived there and raised two sons there; my father and my uncle. Both of them were educated in the county. My grandpa worked in the mines and grandma and grandpa kept boarders who also worked in the mines. And my mother worked in several of the areas Company Stores!
Some of my happiest memories are of Thorpe and...
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WatchCongrats to Josh Clevenger who has been accepted to the Governor’s Honors Academy this July. We interviewed Josh back in December; he is such a positive representative of the McDowell County youth! He was the only one from the county to apply and get accepted to the program. He’s got an exciting life ahead of him and we’re excited to document it!
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Special thanks to our Kickstarter Backers today! →
WatchWhat is the future of rural America?
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WatchOur fundraising campaign has launched! We need to raise enough money for production (May-late August), community workshop fees and to buy 5 cameras to give to McDowell County residents to tell their own stories. We will be donating the cameras into the community after production wraps so that storytelling can continue! If you want to see a project come to life that actually gives the community a...
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"Hollow" (and other cool WV projects) using... →
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One-Room School At Horse Creek, WV
Photos by Alan Johnston, community advisory board for Hollow and McDowell County resident.
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The meaning of "Hollow"
It’s interesting how many West Virginians (and Appalachians) know “hollow” (pronounced: holler) as a place where people live/a road/neighborhood/community but yet the actual definition of the word couldn’t be more different:
hol·low
Having a cavity, gap, or space within: a hollow wall.
Deeply indented or concave; sunken
Without substance or character: a hollow...
TileMill Now Lets You Design Maps for the Web on... →
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The heartache remains →
At approximately 3 p.m. two years ago today the lives of 29 coal miners were snuffed out in a massive explosion that roared underground along the Raleigh-Boone county line. Until that day, other than the miners, their families, and some others in the coal industry, most of us had never even heard of the Upper Big Branch mine at Montcoal. That all changed when something ignited an abundance of...
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Growing Up in Lost Appalachia: Photo Series by Ian... →
Check out Ian’s ongoing photography project here.
The series reminds me alot of my friend Andrea Morale’s work in Southeast Ohio.
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Pendleton County healthiest in state, McDowell... →
Sad to see McDowell County rank last (again) in another research poll…
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