Tory StarrTS

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.
A compilation of people who spoke to PRI's The World at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.
Justice
The faces of youth activism from SXSW
SafeMode conversation with Zeynep
Conflict
8 things we learned about activism in Marco Werman’s conversation with Zeynep Tufekci at SXSW
SafeMode at SXSW
Justice
The World explores youth activism at SXSW
Kikkoman Soy Sauce
Culture
Remembering the Japanese designer who was compelled to create something beautiful after seeing Hiroshima’s devastation
Scoping out the latest products from SkyMall magazine.
Business
With SkyMall shutting down, hurry up and buy these items before they’re gone
State of the Union 2015
Global Politics
What Obama didn’t mention in the State of the Union
Oscar noms
Arts
Global themes dominate this year’s Oscar nominations
Development
Who is the most powerful woman in your life?
Charlie Hebdo protests
Global Politics
After Charlie Hebdo, what next? Readers weigh in on the long-term effects of the attack
Confetti flies around the ball and countdown clock in Times Square on New Year's Eve in New York January 1, 2015.
Global Politics
We look back at our favorite stories of 2014
Mohamed was important in Libyan's revolution, helping to defeat and ultimately capture Muammar Gaddafi. His younger brother missed out on Libya's revolution — so he decided to make his own fame by going to Syria to fight in the violent revolution there.
Global Politics
2014 was the year youth protesters found their voice and hacking became an everyday fear
#2014in5Words
Culture
Can you describe 2014 in five words?
A nurse tests a blood sample during a free HIV test at a blood tests party, part of a campaign to prevent HIV infection among male same-sex couples, in Bangkok September 20, 2014.
Health
Controlling AIDS by treating AIDS
An image of Westminster Cathedral, which a local branch of the UK Independence Party mistook for a mosque.
Global Politics
When is a mosque not really a mosque? Ask the UK Independence Party
Noor
Conflict
Young Lebanese activist joins us on Facebook
Nixon Watergate tapes
Conflict
Nixon thought he’d be the only one to ever hear his secret recordings
Nixon Watergate tapes
Conflict
Nixon thought he’d be the only one to ever hear his secret recordings
Isodoro the ocelot picks Germany to win the World Cup.
Sports
We asked and here’s the name you picked for the newest, and possibly, cutest addition to the Franklin Park Zoo
Isodoro the ocelot picks Germany to win the World Cup.
Sports
Izzy says ja! It’s Germany for the World Cup title
Isidoro chooses Belgium for the win.
Sports
Izzy picks Belgium over the USA for World Cup victory
Nabih Bulos
Conflict & Justice
Your questions answered: What is going on in Iraq?
Carol Rosenberg
Conflict & Justice
Nine things we’ve learned from Carol Rosenberg’s 13 years covering Guantanamo
Sports
Izzy’s Pick: Ghana over USA
BenJor
Sports
We asked and you answered: Your World Cup playlist
Isidoro the Ocelot
Sports
Meet Isidoro, our four-legged Brazilian World Cup predictor
Sports
What’s Marco Werman doing in a goal?
China smog
Environment
What deteriorating air quality looks like around the world
HSPH Forum
Health & Medicine
Delaying pregnancy in the US and around the world
Kate Mitchell undergoes a cesarean section
Health & Medicine
Why are Cesarean sections so common when most agree they shouldn’t be?
What about your police?
Conflict & Justice
New York City’s hijacked hashtag launches a global conversation on police brutality
What about your police?
Conflict & Justice
New York City’s hijacked hashtag launches a global conversation on police brutality
Januka Rasaeli in the fields
Health & Medicine
Reporter Sonia Narang answers your questions about maternal health in Nepal
US President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington January 28, 2014.
Global Politics
The State of the Union with The World’s newsroom
The World's Marco Werman makes a call out to our #YourWorld hashtag.
Arts, Culture & Media
Here are The World newsroom’s favorite stories and conversations of 2013
Nicholas Saputra
Arts, Culture & Media
Indonesia’s social media savvy moves it onto the Movember map
The World on Twitter: Monday Sept. 3