November 18, 2025 Run, Hide, Fight: Growing up under the gun has been named a Gold winner in the Health: Documentary or Film category of the 5th Annual Anthem Awards. This year, the Anthem… Read More
A note from Leah Clapman, Founder and Executive Director: Our third annual community report comes at a pivotal moment for public media. Federal funding for PBS has been eliminated and press freedoms are under threat. While SRL lost 10% of our annual… Read More
October 27, 2025 By: SRL Staff PBS News Student Reporting Labs (SRL) recently selected 33 students from across the U.S. who will work closely with SRL staff to guide the team’s editorial decisions in the year to come: SRL’s 2025-26 Student Advisory Team. Read More
October 9, 2025 By: SRL Staff PBS News Student Reporting Labs is excited to announce the launch of the SRL Ambassador Program. SRL Ambassadors are experienced secondary school educators who lead SRL initiatives in their local communities. They guide peers on best practices for… Read More
To protect a world they will inherit, young people are taking the fight against climate change into their own hands. Second Nature is a new three-part digital series about how young people are working to protect the environment and combat climate change, produced for… Read More
Date: Sept 2, 2025 By: Anthony Payne How do you stay connected to what’s going on in your area if the news isn’t in a language you understand? Why would you want to tune in if what’s being covered isn’t relevant to your life? … Read More
Date: 8/25/2025 PBS News Student Reporting Labs is providing limited funding and resources for schools and community organizations to host local screenings of Run, Hide, Fight: Growing up under the gun this school year. Produced in collaboration with students… Read More
Date: August 8, 2025 By: Anthony Payne PBS News Student Reporting Labs just wrapped the 2025 Teacher Workshop, hosted in Washington, DC. From July 25-27, 47 teachers from all over came to the WETA offices to streamline storytelling by… Read More
By: Anthony Payne Date: Aug 1, 2025 This spring, PBS News Student Reporting Labs’ first college climate reporting fellows wrapped filming on their final projects. Nine college students from across the country produced stories alongside mentors from the SRL team about young people working… Read More
July 31, 2025 Global Youth & News Media, a France-based nonprofit that aims to strengthen the linkages between young people and news media, awarded PBS News Student Reporting Labs its second-ever Prize forOutstanding Achievement in Journalism in late July. … Read More