JP Swenson’s first taste of journalism was in high school, when his media communications teacher at Wauwatosa East High School in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin introduced him to Student Reporting Labs. He remembers producing a story that focused on a fellow student, Trent… Read More
By: Zion Williams SRL Spring 2024 Intern Zion Williams caught up with former SRL Summer Academy Fellow Brigette Adu-Wadier who is pursuing journalism at Northwestern and is a current intern at NBC News. Dig in to this convo for inspiration, advice, and a peek behind the scenes at… Read More
KAKE news producer Keenan Penn II talks about how the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs Summer Academy helped spark his passion for journalism and get him started in his career in local news production. Read More
Student Reporting Labs alumna Kennedy Huff discusses how her experiences as a student journalist helped prepare her when she was ready to launch her career, even though she decided to pivot into the corporate world, at a law firm. Read More
Former On Our Minds co-host and SRL alum Faiza Ashar recently graduated high school and is headed to Stanford University. We caught up with her as she talked about graduating high school, hosting the podcast, and the importance of journalism, and she gave advice to other student journalists. This… Read More
We’re approaching the most anticipated time of the year for seniors: graduation. Although this can be confusing for many students, it’s also a time to celebrate. We asked three graduating students from our network about their college plans after graduation. Tyler Pullum is a… Read More
Delilah Brumer is a senior at Daniel Pearl Magnet School in Los Angeles, California, and will attend Northwestern University in the fall. SRL Intern Ryan Mercado recently talked with Brumer about censorship, freelancing, and learning. By the time she entered her senior year at Daniel Pearl Magnet School… Read More
By Nairobi Williese Barnes As a recent high school graduate and current Student Reporting Labs alumna, I am proud to have gotten a lot of my work published in major news outlets. Since 10th grade at Oakland Military Institute in Oakland, California, I’ve… Read More
Evan Scolnick was spotlighted in the April 2022 Alumni Newsletter. Scolnick graduated in the 2017 class at Alonzo & Tracy Mourning Senior High in North Miami, Florida and the class of 2019 at Emerson College in Boston, Mass. What initially sparked your curiosity to start learning and taking classes in… Read More
As a senior in high school in 2016, Aronson produced a story for Student Reporting Labs about efforts to preserve the San Francisco Bay Area’s wetlands, which aired on the PBS NewsHour Weekend. Meeting scientists in the field and learning about ecosystems led… Read More
