The Story Keeper

The Carolina Photojournalism Workshop tells stories of towns and cities around North Carolina. Since 2004, a group of multimedia students from the University of North Carolina travel to these unique locations with a group of professional coaches to produce a documentary website in a week. Students immerse themselves in the lives of the area’s people, and work 24/7 on a video production that gets publicly screened on the final night. The stories are also published online to continue to provide an intimate cultural record for the public. 

This year, the students came to Ashe County and Stephen Shoemaker was among the stories they told. See his story below.

Be sure to check out all the videos featuring Ashe County folks: https://vimeo.com/uncphotojour...