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Student Reporting Labs connect students with a network of public broadcasting mentors and an innovative journalism curriculum to develop digital media, critical thinking and communication skills while producing original news reports.

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From the Reporting Labs

  • One DACA recipient’s journey to higher education

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  • Students help with citizen science study of arsenic in well water

    Mid-Maine Technical Center

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  • Citizen scientists count bird species

    Cape May County Technical High School

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  • Observers comb local beaches for dead birds as indicator of environmental health

    Judge Memorial Catholic High School

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  • Preserving Arizona’s bighorn populations for future generations

    Xavier College Prep

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  • Students learn about citizen science to help document local wildlife

    Judge Memorial Catholic High School

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“I still have to pinch myself when I think of how I fell into this program. This is the most engaging educational program in the country. What else gives students a chance to research, collaborate, problem solve, create, write, speak, all for an authentic audience of the highest caliber?”

Michael Conard
Detroit, MI

I was totally bowled over. I was also, admittedly, overwhelmed a little by the challenges ahead–but only in a way that inspired me to want to meet those challenges. I really can’t say enough good things about this training and program.

Joanna Greer
Silver Spring, MD

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