ARLINGTON, Va.–– PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) was awarded a $2.25 million/four-year grant from the National Science Foundation in order to expand its award-winning student journalism program and bring it to more teachers using innovative digital tools. Dubbed ‘StoryMaker’, SRL plans to develop an online… Read More
MARCH 10, 2020 UPDATE: SXSW EDU 2020 was cancelled as a result of coronavirus concerns, but SRL looks forward to providing virtual resources in the weeks and months to come. Follow SRL on social media for more information. — ARLINGTON, Va.–– PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL)… Read More
Arlington, Va.–– SRL attended the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA)’s annual conference, which convened over 600 representatives from member PBS stations across the country. The conference included an awards gala to honor the work of public media stations in various categories. SRL was recognized for its… Read More
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
We asked student reporters why they think journalism matters now more than ever at the Journalism Education Association conference in Washington, DC. Video edited by Rawan Elbaba … Read More
December 20, 2019 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… Read More
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 Labs responded to the… Read More