The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) engages journalism professionals, organizations, scholars and communities in programs, tools, resources and workshops aimed at strengthening community-centered journalism through practical innovation.

The Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) is partnering with Wordslaw to create a public storytelling event guide. Help us test and refine it! We are looking for newsrooms that want to try this event-type to connect with the intellectual and developmentally disabled (IDD) community. 

We will guide you through the process of hosting a public storytelling event and working with the IDD community. This will include a step-by-step event planning guide, support in finding speakers with IDD, best practices for interacting with the IDD community, etc. This is a collaborative event, but the primary workload will fall on you. 

Please fill out this application if you are interested. 

Questions? Email Innovation Project Manager Sriya Reddy -- sreddy@rjionline.org

The Reynolds Journalism Institute Innovation Team is accepting pitches for collaborators in building programs, tools and resources for journalism. 

Have an idea that tackles a current need, gap or challenge in journalism? Do you believe in being completely transparent, whether you succeed or fail? Want to share, collaborate and be a part of building something together? 

We want to work with you! Not sure if your idea is a good fit? Set up a meeting with Sriya.

As collaborators we share the work & the cost of the project, these are collaborations - not gifts or grants. 

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