Reporters from the Journal-World and 6News will spread out across the community today to capture a day in the life of Lawrence – and they hope community members join them in creating a “living time capsule.”

Individuals and organizations across Lawrence are invited to participate in “24 Hours in Lawrence” by documenting their own day in video, photos, written stories or any other medium they choose.

Some of those community-created stories will appear in the paper and on 6News. All other contributions – assuming they meet taste and legal standards – will be published at ljworld.com.

Lawrencians also can make an appointment today with the Watkins Museum of History, which will videotape oral histories with city residents – to be stored in the museum archives and published at ljworld.com.

Appointments can be made by calling the museum at 841-4109.

That won’t be the only place Lawrencians can tell their stories, though. A Journal-World news clerk will criss-cross the community today, asking residents why they make Lawrence their home.

News clerk Robert Riley will be at these locations to chat with residents:

¢ 10 a.m.: Hy-Vee, 4000 W. Sixth St.

¢ Noon: Johnny’s Tavern, 401 N. Second St.

¢ 2:45 p.m.: Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.

¢ 4:15 p.m.: Hastings Books Music & Video, 1900 W. 23rd St.

All community contributions to the “24 Hours in Lawrence” project are due by 5 p.m. May 15.

We’ve created an online “24 Hours in Lawrence” submission page for sending us written stories, photos and links to online content. Contributions can also be sent to the News Center, 645 N.H.; or delivered by e-mail with a “24 Hours” subject line to editor@ljworld.com.

Stories from the project will begin running in the Journal-World, on 6News and on LJWorld.com, starting May 22.