Tory Starr

Director of Social Media, National Programming (WGBH)

Tory works with the teams behind WGBH's national productions on their social media strategies and best practices. Her passion is helping public media producers use social media to find new ideas, engage new audiences, and tell important stories in a new way.

She joined The World from 2012 to 2015 as the program’s first social media producer, and built social communities around the program's Human Needs (global health and development), Global Nation (feature reporting on immigrant lives in America) and SafeMode (international security through a millennial perspective) verticals.

Recent Stories

Justice

The faces of youth activism from SXSW

PRI's The World

March 16, 2015

On any given day at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, activists know they have an audience for their causes. We've been asking young people on the street, "What was the last protest you attended?"

Conflict

8 things we learned about activism in Marco Werman’s conversation with Zeynep Tufekci at SXSW

PRI's The World

March 15, 2015

We need to be moving to a model where activists demand "no representation without conversation," said Zeynep Tufekci in a discussion about privacy, social media censorship, hashtag activism and global youth protests at the South by Southwest festival in Austin.

Justice

The World explores youth activism at SXSW

PRI's The World

March 11, 2015

Gezi Park. Tahrir Square. Hong Kong. Ferguson. What form is youth activism taking and how is it different from what came before? The World brings you a multimedia experience from South by Southwest in Austin as part of our #SafeMode series.

Culture

Remembering the Japanese designer who was compelled to create something beautiful after seeing Hiroshima's devastation

PRI's The World

February 09, 2015

Kenji Ekuan designed Tokyo's famous bullet train, but today he's being remembered for the signature bottle and red cap that may be sitting on your dining room table.

Business

With SkyMall shutting down, hurry up and buy these items before they're gone

PRI's The World

January 23, 2015

Don't be embarrassed. We all look at the off-the-wall products offered in in-flight magazine SkyMall. Now that the company has filed for bankruptcy, let us commiserate about the products that we will never again not have.

Global Politics

What Obama didn't mention in the State of the Union

PRI's The World

January 21, 2015

Yemen? Boko Haram? Syria's massive refugee crisis? All missed the cut in the president's speech.

Arts

Global themes dominate this year's Oscar nominations

PRI's The World

January 15, 2015

Everyone is buzzing about the Oscar nominations, which were released Thursday morning. But where do you start? If you care about global issues, here are a few suggestions.

Development

Who is the most powerful woman in your life?

PRI's The World

January 13, 2015

We've been thinking about all the powerful women who provide an example for all of us. Share with everyone who the powerful women in your lives are — and don't be afraid to branch out beyond your mom. Though it's okay to nominate her, too.

Global Politics

After Charlie Hebdo, what next? Readers weigh in on the long-term effects of the attack

PRI's The World

January 07, 2015

The shooting in Paris has created waves around the world. We asked our SafeMode community what repercussions Wednesday's attack has already had for free speech, international security, radicalization and activism.

Global Politics

We look back at our favorite stories of 2014

PRI's The World

January 01, 2015

A cat detective, a song called Chop My Money, and an interview about the meaning of forgiveness — journalists from The World's newsroom in Boston pick their favorite stories of 2014.

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