Date: March 18, 2026 By: Anthony Payne Natalie Erzal attended the SRL Winter Academy in 2023 and produced a story for On Our Minds: Election 2024. Now a journalism and pre-law student at the… Read More
March 23, 2025 By: Anthony Payne Maggie LeBeau’s love of journalism is rooted in community. Starting high school during COVID lockdowns, she found that joining the school newspaper helped her connect and make up for what was lost online. Once in-person classes began, she found her school beset… Read More
Date: January 7. 2026 By: Anthony Payne SRL alum Reece Harnett graduated from High Point University in 2024 with a producer job already lined up at WCNC Charlotte. Reece first got involved with Student Reporting Labs in high school and was a participant… Read More
Jan 7, 2026 By: Anthony Payne Liam Wady has always been interested in storytelling, but thought of himself as strictly a writer. When he was a sophomore at the Oakland Military Institute, his English teacher recognized his writing skills and suggested he join her… Read More
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
