Gordon (Joe) Murray | Kent, Ohio | (330) 672-1914 | E-mail | Twitter | Website
Stories That Fly was developed Kent State journalism professor Joe Murray to mentor student reporters and general aviators in covering Ohio’s 166 public airports, 772 private airfields and 18,000 pilots. The site was inactive while Murray wrote a book, Lost in Oscar Hotel, on how he and a partner flew consecutively from Kent to the Wright Brothers Airport in Dayton via all of Ohio’s 88 counties — a distance of 1,670 miles — in two 1946 Piper J3Cubs. Proceeds from the book fund an annual scholarship to help disadvantaged families send a child to college.
Project Updates
- “Stories That Fly” Continues On Course, More or Less (August, 2010) - It’s been quite a ride this year for Joe Murray, whose “Stories That Fly” project involving narrative nonfiction and online storytelling about aviation remains sky high. The Ohio Board of Regents recognized Murray with one of 10 Faculty Innovator Awards, his project received an additional $30,000 in grant money, and donors are willing to help […]
- “Stories that Fly” Gets Off the Ground (June, 2009) - By Hope Keller, J-Lab Deputy Director After nearly a year of collecting content, the Stories That Fly crew launched its online magazine May 2 with a fete for aviation enthusiasts, Kent State University faculty and students and members of the public. Several pilots flew in to the University Airport and caught a free shuttle provided by […]
- Awesome Graphics (April, 2009) - A 2008 New Voices Winner uses an awesome 3D wall for his site's front page.
- “Stories that Fly” Takes Off (March, 2009) - The online aviation magazine Stories That Fly will officially launch on Saturday, May 2, 2009, with a daylong celebration at Kent State University’s newly renovated converged media complex. Project leader Gordon (Joe) Murray and his team are finishing work on the magazine’s Web site, which even in its prototype stage has attracted online visitors. The […]
- Up, Up and Away! (November, 2008) - Grassroots, Blue Skies: Stories That Fly. Here’s a project that inspires both great content and, well, corny flight cliches. Kent State journalism professor Joe Murray and his project co-pilots Jacquie Marino and Gary Harwood (and their students) have flown all over the state of Ohio, shooting video, photographs, writing stories, all about the world of […]
