NPR's new audio and visual perspective on 9/11 and its aftermath entitled The Sonic Memorial Project is now up. From the site description:

"Shortly after September 11, NPR's Lost & Found Sound brought together independent radio producers, new media producers, artists, historians, and listeners from across the country to collect and preserve 'sound memories' of the World Trade Center, its neighborhood, and the events of 9/11."

"We set up the Sonic Memorial Phone Line at 877-894-8500 for you to leave your stories, recordings, and audio artifacts, both personal and historic. Hundreds of you called with testimonies and remembrances, music, and small fragments of sound. "

"Your stories have been woven into radio broadcasts on NPR. And now, they are a part of a living archive and a new kind of listening experience called 'The Sonic Browser.' "

"SonicMemorial.org is produced by Picture Projects, best known for its award-winning online documentary, 360 degrees.org, and the new media company, dotsperinch, in collaboration with Lost & Found Sound."

We're a long-time fan of 360degrees.org for its perspectives on the criminal justice system.

Updates on this from the site:

"The Sonic Memorial Project is a part of The Smithsonian Institution's exhibition, September 11: Bearing Witness to History. Five phone booths allow visitors to listen to stories from the archive and leave their own testimonies and remembrances. Open until January 11, 2003."

"ABC News is broadcasting two Sonic Memorial specials on September 11. Reporter Robert Krulwich brings viewers into the towers before 9/11 to experience radio row, weddings at Windows on the World, the immigrant workers who cleaned the towers at night, and other untold stories."

"This fall, The Museum of Television and Radio in New York City will feature the entire Sonic Memorial in their listening room."