Each month, we’ll be spotlighting and celebrating a teacher from our SRL/StoryMaker community. Ken Kusactay has been an educator for the past eight years and has been teaching journalism for two of those at John Henry High School in Richmond, California. He believes in preparing students to become… Read More
Each month, we’ll be spotlighting and celebrating a teacher from our SRL/StoryMaker community. Trained as a scientist, Neena Kumar has dabbled in a variety of fields and finally landed in education. Neena serves as the Dean of Curriculum and Instruction at Legacy Early College High School… Read More
PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) is excited to kick off the new, 2022-23 school year with updates to its Youth Media Producer (YMP) program. YMPs form the backbone of SRL’s award-winning program, offering educators and students nationwide strategic, one-on-one, industry support. Often YMPs host… Read More
On May 10, 2022—and after 5 years at SRL—senior director Elis Estrada departed the organization and will head operations at PBS Digital Studios. Read her farewell message below. *** Dear friends, This is probably my last note to you, the amazing SRL educator community. It still doesn’t feel quite real. Read More
Arlington, Va.– PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) has selected 27 up-and-coming storytellers from across the country for its annual summer academy, which will take place at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University in Phoenix from June 23-29 after two years of virtual… Read More
My name is Emily Hope Dobkin and I am beyond thrilled to report: I am your new #1 go-to human to connect on all things StoryMaker. I’m officially titled the StoryMaker Community Manager, so please reach out to me here with questions, suggestions, ideas, thoughts—anything. Read More
Kate Nakamura, a junior at Kaua’i High School in Hawaii, and Terry Jones Jr., a first-year college student in Alabama, are working with PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs on a new digital storytelling event about how middle and high school students are coming of age during a pandemic. Read More
From a dramatic presidential inauguration to the 20th anniversary of 9/11 to a rocky return to in-person learning amid an ongoing pandemic, here are SRL’s TOP 15 STORIES from 2021: 1. High school students share their hopes for the Biden administration How does this historic inauguration… Read More
By Jaylah Moore-Ross Arlington, Va.–Last year, WETA launched the Well Beings campaign and the Youth Mental Health Project, which addresses the “critical health needs” of American’s and our youth. This project included… Read More
As we grapple with the end of yet another year of the coronavirus pandemic, we wanted to reflect on 2021 as a year of many challenges—but also several moments of brightness. A majority of students returned to in-person learning, vaccines were widespread, and, more than ever,… Read More