Reynolds HSJ Institute

This program is generously funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.

Institute announcements

News releases outlining the participants and the universities involved.

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2005 news release

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2002 news release

2001 news release

The application season is now closed for the 2009 ASNE Reynolds Institute. We had 541 applicants for the program, our biggest response ever.

If you're an applicant, you will be mailed a letter on May 4 notifying you of your status.

2009 Reynolds Institute locations:

  • Arizona State University, Tempe, June 14-26
  • Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, July 5-17
  • University of Nevada, Reno, July 12-24
  • University of Missouri, Columbia July 12-24
  • University of Texas at Austin, July 19-31

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

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 newspaper.
  • Dramatically improving the quality of an existing newspaper.
  • 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.

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.