The Eichelberger Center for Community Voices is WYSO’s award-winning public radio training program and storytelling initiative. Through intensive hands-on workshops, participants learn the craft of audio journalism—from interviewing and script writing to editing and voicing. The result: powerful, personal stories that reflect the diversity, resilience, and creativity of life in southwest Ohio.
Since its founding in 2010, Community Voices has trained hundreds of local residents, educators, students, and nonprofit leaders to tell stories from their own communities. The series centers voices often left out of mainstream media and uplifts first-person narratives that deepen public understanding.
Whether you're hearing a story about immigration in Dayton, a family legacy in Springfield, or a local artist’s journey, Community Voices brings you closer to the people who shape the Miami Valley.
Want to become a storyteller?
Learn more about Community Voices workshops
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Dayton's aviation leadership and vision in World War I is still something we benefit from more than 100 years later. -
Jennifer Davis and Beth Taylor discuss differences between big cities and small towns and how both personal effort and government action can make communities better. -
Created by StoryCorps, One Small Step brings strangers together for a conversation — not to debate politics, but to simply get to know each other. This week is Emily Anderson and Amy Hart. -
Before every flight, pilots walk around their aircraft... a ritual the Wright Brothers created. Dan Patterson takes you through the intimate process of preparing to fly. -
At Miami Valley Baptist Church for the Deaf, the music is loud enough to feel. "All that vibration just really hits my body, and I love it," says Pastor Dave Sollmann. -
MilitaryArmy veteran Veronica Shields found art after the pandemic. "It's such a nice way for us to not only express ourselves, but communicate," she says of her creative work. -
Yellow Springs author Scott Geisel talks about "Orca's Call," his new mystery set in the Pacific Northwest. Will Nils and Bly become the start of a new series? Listen. -
MilitaryOhio Army combat veteran Mary Skrenta now teaches art to fellow vets. "I've learned with the help of art to turn the trauma and the struggles into victories," she says. -
Ohio Navy veteran Candise Baker says she found healing from military sexual trauma through her art. "My hands are busy, then my mind is free." -
From WYSO Youth Radio, to Blue Skies and Tailwinds, and more, our community producers have created some incredible podcasts this year. -
Army veteran Gladys Lawrence has discovered painting, drawing, and creative expression through Ohio VA's Whole Health Program, finding healing through multiple art forms. -
The weeks before the Wright Brothers' historic 1903 flight were filled with broken shafts, fierce weather, and a three-day journey to North Carolina's Outer Banks.
