Why don’t young people vote? Teen journalists investigate
Teen reporters from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) reveal the issues that matter most to young voters in the new series, Turning Out: The Youth Vote. Read More
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Students’ reflections tied to Kavanaugh hearings make NewsHour segment
Students' reflections tied to Kavanaugh hearings make NewsHour segment Read More
SRL Connected Educators of the Month: September 2018
SRL Connected Educator Ashley Porter and Jaimee Rashbaum have lead the program at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, FL to success. Read More
Station Spotlight | Louisiana PBS: Strengthening relationships within its communities
Students from Mayfair Laboratory School with their teacher, Jessica Vicknair, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana SRL started working with Louisiana Public Broadcasting last year to develop Labs at Mayfair Laboratory School and University Laboratory High School in Baton Rouge. We asked Louisiana’s PBS’s Christina Melton about the impact… Read More
STEM and Health Student Reporting Labs tackle the worlds of engineering and health science
WASHINGTON, DC — September 19, 2018 Two new series produced by teen reporters in PBS NewsHour’s STEM and Health Student Reporting Labs reveal how engineers and medical professionals across the country are improving people’s lives and reshaping our world. One of the… Read More
2018 Gwen Ifill Legacy Fellows make an impact at local stations
This year’s Gwen Ifill Legacy Fellows spent their summers at local stations in Cincinnati, Austin and Houston. They became extended members of the stations’ teams and lent their journalism and video production skills to important work produced this summer. We reached out to Mary Williams, Khue Tran and Angeline… Read More
Station Spotlight | KCPT – Helping Youth Become Informed Media Consumers and Citizens
SRL Connected Educator Keisha Collins at the PBS NewsHour anchor desk. Collins, a library technical assistant at the Kansas City Digital Media Lab, attended SRL’s 2018 Teacher Workshop and will work with Kansas City Public Television to incorporate SRL’s curriculum and prompts. We checked in with Angee Simmons, Vice… Read More
New SRL staff hired to expand the organization’s reach and impact
Student Reporting Labs welcomes three new talented staff members who will be working with students, teachers and local partner stations to strengthen SRL’s resources and increase the visibility of the groundbreaking work being produced by youth around the country. Briget Ganske is a multimedia storyteller and educator. She grew… Read More
PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs Holds Seventh Annual Teacher Workshop
PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs is excited to announce the selection of 30 educators who will be traveling to the nation’s capital for our annual teacher workshop. Read More
Teen journalists examine history and arts in the nation’s capital during week-long SRL academy
Twenty five youth reporters and video storytellers from 17 states gathered in Washington, D.C. this summer to sharpen their journalism, camera and editing skills at the annual Student Reporting Labs Academy. Read More