Today, Student Reporting Labs (SRL) fondly remembers the PBS NewsHour’s legendary long-time anchor and co-founder, Jim Lehrer, who was an ardent supporter of the Student Reporting Labs. He passed away today at the age of 85. “Jim Lehrer will always be a guiding star for the… Read More
Arlington, Va.–– PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) is joining forces with KQED and the National Writing Project on the Let’s Talk About Election 2020 youth media challenge to empower young voices and provide a real-world audience for student voice. … Read More
ARLINGTON, Va.––Eight students across the D.C. and Virginia area convened for the 2020 class of PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs’s Homegrown fellowship. Entering its third year, the fellowship serves to elevate and support the next generation of video journalists in the national capital region. Over four… Read More
Washington, D.C. (December 31, 2019) — PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) has selected four up-and-coming journalists from its nationwide network of high school broadcast programs to be honored at the NETA conference in Washington, DC. The Student Press Law Center and the Freedom Forum Institute declared… Read More
Nearly 100 high school students from the Los Angeles-area gathered at Loyola Marymount University to watch the sixth Democratic primary debate co-hosted by the PBS NewsHour and POLITICO. Blocks away from the debate hall at LMU’s St. Robert’s Auditorium, teens on different sides of the political spectrum reacted in real-time… Read More
For Immediate Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) launched a new series from its national network of teen reporters that explores how young people break down misconceptions and challenge stereotypes about who they are. 40… Read More
We’re gearing up for our first-ever Youth Media Watch Party for the Democratic debate hosted by PBS NewsHour and POLITICO in Los Angeles, California. On Thursday, December 19, we will be streaming the debate LIVE on our website, along with a post-debate panel discussion with young voters moderated by Univision’s… Read More
Arlington, Va.–– Univision correspondent and journalist Yarel Ramos will moderate a student panel presented by the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) immediately following the Democratic Debate hosted by PBS NewsHour and POLITICO on Thursday, December 19, 2019, at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Calif. The student panel… Read More
When Gwen Ifill was named the co-anchor of the PBS NewsHour in 2013, she said she hoped little girls would watch her and think it “perfectly normal” to occupy an anchor’s desk someday. Her death in 2016 was a shock in so many ways, but the loss was felt acutely… Read More
Why does representation in pop culture matter? For some young students, portrayals of minorities in the media not only affect how others see them, but it affects how they see themselves. “I do think it’s powerful for people of a minority race to be represented in pop culture to… Read More