Educators learn media literacy by producing artist profiles

In August, teachers and public media mentors joined the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs to participate in the #SRLbootcamp2014 located in the Washington D.C. area.

The bootcamp’s goal was to provide teaching tools to help foster the next generation of journalists through media literacy in the classroom. The groups were tasked with the challenge of producing character profiles of local artists. Here are their final results.

Anthony Chavez – The Superhero from Student Reporting Labs on Vimeo.

Dai Andrews – The Sword Swallower from Student Reporting Labs on Vimeo.

Elmo – The Clown from Student Reporting Labs on Vimeo.

Eric Henning – The Conjuror from Student Reporting Labs on Vimeo.

Jim Frank – The Cowboy from Student Reporting Labs on Vimeo.

Kevin Brown – The Clown from Student Reporting Labs on Vimeo.

Lisa Polinari – The Unicycle Lady from Student Reporting Labs on Vimeo.

Martha Burns – The Folk Singer from Student Reporting Labs on Vimeo.

Mikey J – The Caricature Artist from Student Reporting Labs on Vimeo.

Miles and Simon – Minecraft Masters from Student Reporting Labs on Vimeo.

Soolah Hoops – The Hula Hooper from Student Reporting Labs on Vimeo.

The Height of Horne from Student Reporting Labs on Vimeo.