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As you know it.

Journall is a place where everyone’s a historian. By contributing your stories and your knowledge, you help to complete the collective historical record.

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Just because it hasn’t been published doesn’t mean it didn't happen.

Every day, you experience thousands of things, big or small, and each one is part of a story. It doesn’t need to make headline news to have meaning or relevance; it just needs to be real.

People like you—and unlike you—use Journall to share and codify these personal experiences. When more events, happenings, feelings, and accounts are documented, our understanding of where we’ve been and how we got here becomes more authentic.

History is defined by the many, not the few. So, recounting where you’ve been, what you’ve seen, or what others have told you connects you to past, present, and future generations.

You’re the context history is missing. Start with a prompt to inspire your first story.

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Storytelling is one of the most human things we do.

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Creating shared history.

In addition to our individual writers and readers, Journall also partners with organizations that share knowledge, teach, and bring people together, such as:

  • Schools and universities
  • Historical societies
  • Libraries
  • Communities and municipalities

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Frequently Asked Questions

You may think you don't have a story, but every person's life story is worth sharing. Think about what you would like your grand-children to know about you. Your experiences will be fascinating to future generations.
Stories can be short or long. It might only take a sentence or two to share a detail from your life, or you might have a long story to share. Either way, it’s about the story, not about how long it is.
Stories can be text, audio or video. We recommend writing out your copy and copy/paste it into our story template. Audio and video files can be uploaded into the story template. You can also add photographs to your story to help draw readers to your story.
Stories on Journall build truth into history. AND, our stories are there for our children and our children’s children. Imagine your grandchildren reading what it was like for all of us to live through COVID or 9/11.
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