Each month, we spotlight and celebrate a teacher in our community. Ryanne Meschkat always knew she wanted to be in journalism— from high school print and broadcast journalism, and majoring in it during college, to working professionally in live sports production for seven years. What surprised Ryanne was… Read More
In 2020, we began recognizing future changemakers from our Student Reporting Labs network who are already making a difference in their communities in a list of 20 up and coming storytellers under 20 years old. For the past two years, the SRL team has… Read More
What were the top student stories of 2022? From attending school board meetings to overturning book bans in their school districts, students are at the forefront of major change in education. While dealing with mental health struggles, school shootings, toxic social media algorithms and more, young people continue… Read More
Each month, we’ll be spotlighting and celebrating a teacher from our SRL/StoryMaker community. Anita Crouch is a journalism and English teacher at Cass Technical High School in Detroit, Michigan. Anita loves reading, movies, dancing and walking. She has an amazing husband, three fantastic… Read More
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