Arlington, Va. – PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) and ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) are joining forces to launch #SeniorPortrait, a public awareness campaign to amplify the voices of millions of high school seniors whose class was dramatically disrupted by the coronavirus shutdown. … Read More
Deadline: Sunday, May 31, 2020. To all the high school seniors, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) & ASCD are thinking about you and your friends, how you’re doing and what you’re feeling. The unprecedented coronavirus shut down will mark this high school class forever. Read More
Arlington, Va.– Before the coronavirus pandemic disrupted education across the country, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) worked with its national network of schools to produce videos for a new student-centered series: “2020 IN FOCUS: Climate Change, Education, and Mental Health.” Teen journalists in 17… Read More
Video journalists are scrambling to adapt to the constraints of a locked-down world under the COVID-19 pandemic. A key tool in our arsenal: remote interviews conducted over Zoom, Skype or webcam. Producer Jennie Butler of NowThis and Andrew James Benson of Inquire Films share some secrets about conducting… Read More
Arlington, Va.— PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) is pleased to announce the selection of 30 distinguished students from 17 different states for its 2020 Student Academy. Originally planned to take place in person at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at… Read More
By SRL Founder, Leah Clapman April 2020 It’s hard to know what to say right now. We’re bracing for unprecedented challenges over the next few months and I worry about our students, teachers, local media partners, family, staff and especially the vulnerable among us. But at the same time,… Read More
You might feel scared or confused about what is actually happening with the coronavirus. You are probably reading a lot of conflicting information online. One thing we can all do right now to help each other is to stop spreading misinformation. It creates more panic and we are all stressed out enough as… Read More
Over 90 percent of public and private secondary schools in America are closed as the government tries to prevent the further spread of the novel coronavirus. The massive disruption is forcing millions of students to adjust to new… Read More
Elis Estrada, Senior Director for Student Reporting Labs and Vicky Pasquantonio, Education Producer for PBS NewsHour, hosted a webinar about teaching current events during the 2020 election cycle on March 26 for Share My Lesson’s 2020 Virtual Conference. The one hour session focused on how storytelling and current events can… Read More
With many schools closing and teaching moving online, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs has created a special unit that covers the basics of local community journalism, storytelling, scripting, and video editing. These are tough times for everyone, and your stories will add a uniquely-critical… Read More