A Longer Overview

In January, 2009, REELATE will pilot the project gathering a small group of storytellers – college students, high school students, professional videographers, local artists and other storytellers – and help them develop mini-documentaries through a series of training sessions, individual mentorship and production support.

Using curriculum materials developed by The Center for Digital Storytelling at UC Berkely (and tested in the classroom at Malone University), and hosting the stories on space provided from the local startup ShoutItLouder, these storytellers will shape our first group of stories over the course of six months.

An Arts in Stark grant has been awarded to reelate, and we're grateful for the support that will buoy our efforts along.

Each half year, a new cohort of storytellers will enter the program, and through the training seminars, develop new stories to be added to the web.

As local high schools, non-profit organizations, and community-based initiatives want to partner in the project, they may provide the cohort of storytellers for any given cycle.

While these stories will be archived on the web, we will employ Creative Commons licensing, allowing the stories to be shown in other contexts and archived by other organizations, too.