Altamese Osborne started a Lab with her students at Aldine Senior High School in Houston, Texas two years ago. Her tireless work is centered around preparing her students for the professional broadcasting field, and teaching them how to examine all aspects of storytelling to create great journalism. What is… Read More
An increasing number of young people don’t trust the news media, so we asked our network of teen reporters what they hope to see from news organizations in 2019. Watch the segment that aired on the NewsHour’s New Year’s Day broadcast: NewsHour Extra Lessons: What news stories… Read More
2018 was an exciting year for Student Reporting Labs. Student-produced work was featured by several media organizations. Check out this impressive roundup of SRL in the news: November 2018 Idaho State Journal | Madison High School students featured on PBS NewsHour… Read More
Watch all of the Student Reporting Labs pieces that aired on the NewsHour in 2018: January 30, 2018 Northview High School | Why teachers are training themselves to be ‘dreamer’ allies March 14, 2018 John F. Kennedy High School… Read More
SRL Connected Educator Michael Falevits brings a sense of optimism to SRL’s Free Spirit Media in Chicago. Mr. Falvits says his role as an educator is to demonstrate the connection between journalism and how it could impact the greater good of humanity. Read More
For the past three years, KLRU has recruited SRL students to be a part of their programming, such as American Graduate Day and Election Day coverage. On November 6, KLRU aired interviews about the youth vote from two of our Texas Labs, Pflugerville High School and Communications Arts High School, on their Facebook Live show called Decibal. Read More
Unprecedented voter turnout in the 2018 midterm elections was a defining factor in the race for control of the House and Senate. Read More
In Virginia, our Student Reporting Lab from Dominion High School spoke to Senatorial candidates, Republican Corey Stewart and incumbent Democratic Senator Tim Kaine about some of the hottest issues: immigration and gun control. Read More
"Authentic experiences are crucial for students to learn and the Student Reporting Labs model helps us fulfill our vision of connecting residents of this state to each other and our country." Read More
After years of working as a filmmaker for public television and later at an educational multimedia company that created interactive science and math curriculum, SRL Connected Educator Jim Thompson brought SRL’s STEM program into his classroom at Anacortes High School on a small island with the same name in Washington State. Read More