Ordinary People. Extraordinary Stories.
We live in a time when our stories are smothered, by politicians, the mainstream media, and the extremes of social media. What we get is deadening polarization, distrust in institutions we used to believe in, and a country that has no roadmap for moving forward. The Front Porch Movement gives the microphone to diverse people to hear their stories, their concerns, and their hopes for finding common ground.
Watch the trailer to our special series “Six Days Inside Minnesota.”
SIX DAYS INSIDE MINNESOTA
The crisis facing Minnesota is like nothing we’ve seen before in our lifetime. A city under siege. Ordinary people shot dead in plain daylight by the government. A community in hiding. We see the cellphone videos, we watch the elected officials, we challenge the government account of activities. But what is going on behind the headlines, what is happening outside of what you’re seeing on television and hearing on radio.
Free from pressure-packed deadlines and the constant cadence of feeding social media, the Front Porch Movement’s Ted Canova returned to the state he called home for 17 years in search of untold stories. Not to duplicate what mainstream news and citizen journalists were reporting. Instead, Ted used his experience, embedded himself in the community he knows, and met face-to-face with community activists, scared immigrants hiding behind curtains, and residents for whose opinions are never asked. What Ted found were stories of anger and fear, resistance and resilience, perseverance and ingenuity, and faith in humanity.
As we produce stories through podcasts and videos on what Ted found, we invite you to join his journey by reading Returning to Minnesota: A Journalist’s Journey Into a State in Crisis.
PODCASTS
We find ordinary people doing ordinary things who have stories to share that are anything but ordinary.
VIDEOS
They don’t seek attention and don’t try to convince you their opinion is right but when they speak, there’s something that makes us stop in our tracks and listen.
ABOUT OUR FOUNDER
Ted Canova started the Front Porch Movement to counter America’s growing polarization by giving ordinary people an unfiltered platform to start real conversations.