Reynolds HSJ Institute

This program is generously funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.
To learn more, go to this link.

Institute announcements

News releases outlining the participants and the universities involved.

2009 news release

2008 news release

2007 news release

2006 news release

2005 news release

2004 news release

2003 news release

2002 news release

2001 news release

If you have trouble with the actual application process, please e-mail support@asne.org To apply with a PDF, go to this link

2010 Reynolds Institute locations:
  • Arizona State University, Phoenix June 13-25
  • Kent (Ohio) State University, July 11-23
  • University of Missouri, Columbia, July 18-30
  • University of Nevada, Reno, July 11-23
  • University of Texas at Austin, June 20-July 2

Please download and carefully read the PDF that has the program and application details. Then you'll be ready to start filling out information online. It also has details about the required essay, the heart of the application.

The Reynolds Institute is an intensive two-week journalism training program for high school teachers and staffers. Instruction is based on the core tenets of journalism and the skills needed to produce a top-notch scholastic publication on paper or online. Complete information about the 2010 Institute is here.

Topics include: reporting, writing, editing, photojournalism, layout and design, opinion pages, journalistic credibility ethics and responsibilities, the future of daily newspapers and business-side skills.

First Amendment matters, privacy and the state of scholastic press freedoms are also key topics

The Institute enables and energizes a corps of teachers to:

  • Help students start a campus media outlet
  • Dramatically improving the quality of an existing media outlet.
  • Enhance their teaching in areas that include journalism, English, social studies and civics.

The Institute pays for air transportation, lodging, meals, cost of instruction, and continuing education credit hours (at the discretion of the university) for participants. Additional benefits include: memberships to scholastic journalism associations, subscriptions to journalism magazines and the beginnings of a journalism library. Complete information about the 2010 Institute is here.

Participation is one-time only. Alumni are encouraged to invite others to apply.

Learn more about past Institutes:

This page is http://hsj.org/reynolds.