This year,the mayor of Detroit hired an official storyteller for the city in an attempt to show the world, and perhaps Detroit itself, and that the city is not defined by newcomers or by post-apocalyptic headlines. Aaron Foley,the official storyteller for the city of Detroit, features often overlooked neighborhoods and communities in the city in an effort to show a more total Detroit portrait. Suspicious of government-funded narratives, and Bob talks with Foley about the lines of propaganda,soft-feature stories and fundamental storytelling.
Source: thetakeaway.org