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We want to hear your family's story!
¡El Canal 5 quiere oír la historia de su familias!

Submission form in English. | La forma de la sumisión en el español.

We want to hear why you and your family traveled to the United States and specifically to northern Nevada. We are interested in what the move has meant to you. Please share with us what it is like to live here, raise a family in a different culture, and whether or not you have found what you are seeking.

Please keep the maximum length of your story, between 500 and 750 words. Stories selected for publication on the Historias de Familia site will be published in there original form and in their entirety. Stories will not be edited for consent or language. We welcome family photographs as well, see our instructions for sending photos.

Story suggestions and questions:
Where did your family originally live? What was you life like there?
Why did you decide to leave and come to the United States? Why northern Nevada?
How has the move affected you and your family?
How has your life changed since you have moved to the United States?

IMPORTANT: By submitting a story, you are agreeing to the KNPB Historias de Familia Participant Release. Please read in its entirety before you send us your story. Sometiendo un cuento, usted concuerda al KNPB Historias de la Liberación de Participante de Familia. Lea por favor en su totalidad antes usted nos manda su cuento.

Complete the following form or email your story to webmaster@knpb.org. Stories can also be submitted by regular mail by sending the following information and story to:

Historias de Familia
KNPB Channel 5
1670 N. Virginia St.
Reno, NV 89509

Photos can be dropped off or mailed to KNPB at the above address to be scanned into the computer by KNPB staff and entered into the web site. When sending or dropping off photos please expect 5 business days before they will be ready for return. To insure safe return, please make sure we have a name and address to which to mail the photographs back. Photos can also be submitted electronically through either email attachments or by mailing them on standard computer floppy disks as tif, jpeg, eps or pict formats.

Submission deadline for all stories is May 5, 2002.

Your Name:
First Name M. Initial    Last Name Suffix

Evening/Home Phone:

Email Address:

Place of Birth: City Country

Current Address:
Street Address

Apartment #

City

State    Zip Code

Participants should be eighteen years of age or older. If under eighteen years of age, participants must have the consent of a parent or guardian. I am eighteen or older, or have the consent of a parent or guardian:
Yes No

Would you be willing to allow us to share your story and information with other media sources (e.g. community newspapers)?:
Yes No

Your Story:

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