When the idea of launching a series aimed at connecting with alumni emerged, one name came to mind — Ruby Rosenberg. Passionate and driven, Ruby always knew she wanted to be a filmmaker and the opportunity arose when she joined Media Enterprise Alliance, a Student Reporting Lab in Oakland. Fast-forward two… Read More
John F. Kennedy High School, Silver Spring, MD What do you do when you’re a college student interested in producing news stories, but your school doesn’t offer it as a degree track? If you’re Sydney Harper — you create your own path. Sydney, a junior at the University of… Read More
SRL and Austin High School alumnus Ben Root has already accomplished what most adult journalists dream about – and he’s only a college freshman. In March, Ben attended his second South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas. While there, he along with three other SRL alumni led a panel… Read More
Video produced by Anita Wright from Student Reporting Labs with b-roll from videos produced by Annie Collick. Ever since joining Student Reporting Labs, Annie’s passion for storytelling has skyrocketed. Now a freshman at Columbia College Chicago, Annie is… Read More
Maui Waena Intermediate School, Kahului, HI Video produced by Anita Wright/Student Reporting Labs. B-roll from videos produced by John Fabella and SRL Connected Educator Jennifer Suzuki. John Fabella, a freshman at Maui High School, is not just a friendly face to the community at Maui Waena Intermediate… Read More
Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Salt Lake City, UT A freshman at Western Kentucky University, Alex Maxwell is working at WKU PBS as part of the student production crew. Alex feels that SRL made his application stand out, giving him the opportunity to voice his concerns about current events… Read More
We caught up with our favorite YouTuber, Evan Gulock, this month. Evan graduated from Royal Oak High School in Royal Oak, Michigan in 2015 and is now wrapping up his sophomore year at Columbia College Chicago where he studies film and media communications. Evan came to the Student Academy in… Read More
Even though Sophie is not technically an alumnus yet, it sometimes feels like Sophie has been a part of SRL since the beginning. That’s probably because she has been such an important part of the Labs ever since she was just a sixth-grader at Philips Academy Charter School in Newark. In… Read More
After first getting to know her as a high school student at T.C. Williams in nearby Alexandria, we loved having Lora back for a few months last year when she was hired as a NewsHour Shares news assistant following her graduation from Temple University. Now we’re overjoyed to have her… Read More
Every year, we say “goodbye for now” to the graduating members of our reporting labs. We’ll miss their great personalities and enthusiasm, but we know these young voices will continue to develop their skills and self-confidence in journalism or in any other field they decide to pursue. We reached out to several of our… Read More
