Through storytelling we want Nashvillians to better know and understand their neighbors. Because, the more people feel connected to each other – through meaningful and entertaining personal stories – the more they will feel connected to their city and inspired to contribute to making it a better place.
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Meet the team
Jessica Bliss
JESSICA BLISS is a storyteller who rarely tells her own story. An nationally award-winning journalist at The Tennessean, she aspires to inspire positive change in our community by sharing the experiences of the people who live here. When not furiously typing to meet deadline, she can be found running along a Nashville greenway, sparking connections for a community project, keeping her triathlete husband company in the kitchen while he cooks (and she sips wine) or scrambling to find time to teach her two blond-haired boys how to rock climb. You can find her on Twitter @jlbliss, Instagram @jlbliss08, and, of course, Tennessean.com.
Brad Schmitt
BRAD SCHMITT writes The Tennessean’s “Inside Nashville” column, which tells personal, powerful stories about Music City’s movers and shakers. Schmitt has been a reporter and columnist in Nashville since 1990. He wrote the popular celebrity news column “Brad About You” for The Tennessean from 1995 to 2006, and before that, Schmitt was the newspaper’s police reporter. Schmitt also served as entertainment reporter for WKRN-News 2 and a peer recovery coordinator for Nashville Prevention Partnership before returning to The Tennessean in October 2014.
Heather Cass
HEATHER CASS has worked for The Tennessean and TN Media since 2000. She has held many positions, from Marketing Assistant to Sponsorship & Events Specialist to her latest role as Brand Manager for TN Media. She is married to former Tennessean journalist Michael Cass and has two daughters, Olivia (11) and Sophie (8). She loves politics and dreams of attending the Iowa caucuses one day. She calls the State of the Union her Super Bowl.
See what happens
Tomorrow night, 4 remarkable women will share their stories of resiliency and we’re delighted to be a part of it. Tickets at the link in bio! 💕🎙
Storytelling can always bring us together, even through the storm. #Repost @thenewspress ・・・ @thestorytellersproject going on in Cape Coral, FL. This evening’s topic....living through a Hurricane. How fitting. What an enjoyable night. #storytellers #southwestfloridastorytellers #florida @naplesnews @thenewspress
🗣The Storytellers Project founder @meganfinnerty shines today in @thelilynews’s Instagram story “I’ll Drink to That”! Head over and check it out!
What a wonderful night of storytelling with @nlgja and @desertsun! Thank you for the insight, thank you for the language, thank you for the stories.
Packed houses in Indianapolis and Phoenix tonight show that the storytelling community is supportive and growing! 💕🎙@indystar @azcentral
We have shows in both Phoenix and Tucson tonight and they are SOLD OUT! What?! Amazing. We’re really feeling the love in our home state, so thank you so much for your continued support of storytelling! 🙏 #azstorytellers #tucsonstorytellers @arizonadailystar @azcentral
👀 Look who made @phxmagazine’s #40under40! Congrats @meganfinnerty on this recognition of your hard work and dedication to truth through storytelling. We truly admire your vision, leadership and exceptional panache 👌🍾🎉
🗣Happy to welcome new intern Caitlin to our small but mighty Storytellers Project national team! 👏👏👏 #Repost @meganfinnerty ・・・ So proud to welcome our first @thestorytellersproject intern - @cait_hartman!
