NOTE: This is an evolving conversation about AI in education. Guidance, practices, and tools are constantly changing, so we’ll be updating this as new insights and best practices emerge. Generative AI continues to reshape the way we teach and learn. SRL educators are asking big questions:… Read More
Each month, we spotlight and celebrate an educator in our community. Elizabeth Ward is an A/V Teacher at Chief Leschi Schools in Puyallup, Washington. She is in her fourth year of teaching, including her second year leading broadcast journalism classes. Before transitioning to education, Elizabeth spent eight years… Read More
Each month, we spotlight and celebrate an educator in our community. Preston Donakowski is an award-winning former journalist turned high school teacher. Under his leadership, the Falcon News Network at East Kentwood High School in Kentwood, Michigan, has grown from a class of… Read More
Each month, we spotlight and celebrate an educator in our community. Pilar Álamo brings an eclectic and interdisciplinary approach to media literacy and education. A former performance and dance artist turned Social Studies teacher, she’s been weaving radio and media literacy into classrooms and community projects since 1997. Read More
June 4, 2025 By: Anthony Payne From June 22-28, the 20 students participating in the SRL Summer Academy will meet in Washington D.C. to spend a week producing reported news stories in small groups with the support of PBS News Student Reporting Labs staff, in collaboration with WETA. Read More
David Diianni is a former producer and director with a background in working for major European traditional broadcasters. Seventeen years ago, he transitioned into education and now serves as the Program Director of FilmAcademy360, an innovative program designed for young adults on… Read More
Each month, we spotlight and celebrate a teacher in our community. Julie Knutson (she/her/hers) is a classroom educator with a keen interest in human rights and sustainability education. She teaches at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy (SCH) in Philadelphia, where she is part of the school’s Center for Entrepreneurial… Read More
February 21, 2025 By: Anthony Payne Following the recent walkouts and protests challenging President Trump’s new immigration policies, high school and college newsrooms may have questions about how to cover these and other current events locally. Whether you’re a student, teacher, or advisor, it’s always good to know… Read More
Each month, we spotlight and celebrate a teacher in our community. Jodi Hwang teaches in the Digital Communications Career Technical Education pathway (Journalism One/Yearbook) at Los Altos High School in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is also a KQED Media Literacy Innovator and enjoys seeing her students… Read More
January 30, 2025 By: Anthony Payne This year’s SRL Winter Academy was held January 2-6 in Los Angeles, California, where 13 high school students spent the first week of the year collaborating to report, film, and produce their own original news stories just before fires broke out in… Read More