October 22, 2025 By: Anthony Payne Kani’ya Davis, once a shy high-schooler filling orders at Chick-fil-a, is now a daily news intern at WUNC and an MIT Knight Science Journalism fellow. This fall, she returned from Accra, Ghana – where she self-produced a documentary – to complete her senior… Read More
October 22, 2025 By: Anthony Payne Paola Magallanes was a 2025 Student Reporting Labs college climate reporting fellow. Her team’s story about a sustainable fashion initiative at Howard University recently went live on the PBS News Hour YouTube channel as part of the… Read More
July 29, 2025 By: Anthony Payne Nairobi Barnes’ life as a poet almost ended before it began. At age 11, her teacher fished a discarded poem from the trash and pushed her to submit it to a school contest. The poem… Read More
July 29, 2025 By: Anthony Payne In this alumni Q&A, Kevin Myers, a recent graduate from UT Austin’s journalism program, shares how he built career momentum, his advice for young journalists, and his thoughts on the current media landscape. This Q&A has been lightly edited for… Read More
Shaun Karakkattu is a self-starter. When he’s not working as COO of his start-up and chairman of a nonprofit, Shaun is senior at Vanderbilt University, where he majors in economics and history with a minor in sustainability. A traveler and environmentalist, Shaun aims to make… Read More
Nature documentarian and SRL alum Mya Long is proud to have combined her interests and found work that directly aligns with her values. She currently serves as a director, videographer, and editor at Idaho Public Television, and she… Read More
Morgan Hawkins is a senior in the film production track at D.C. International High School. Morgan has produced several stories with SRL, and attended the 2023 Summer Academy in Boston. Last year, she won Best Broadcast Feature Story at… Read More
Tiffany Rodriguez knows how to trust her inner voice. Her unconventional path to the film industry began after she discovered her passion for film production while studying music at Franklin Learning Center High School in Philadelphia. In her junior year, Tiffany won a Mid-Atlantic… Read More
SRL’s 2024 Summer Intern, Yeonseo Seok, recently connected with former SRL Summer Academy Fellow Thaïs Giraudet. She is a sophomore studying journalism at San Diego State University and currently working at KPBS as a production assistant. In this interview, she shares insights about her journey as a student journalist and… Read More
by Yeonseo Seok Angel Delich’s interest in journalism sparked during her high school years at L’Anse Creuse High School and the Frederick V. Pankow Center, where she first encountered Student Reporting Labs (SRL). Reflecting on those formative experiences, Delich says she initially found joy in the… Read More
