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Students reflect, rethink and reimagine high school

Students and big thinkers in education gathered in Howard University's Founders Library Thursday to dissect and reimagine the American high school experience. The conversation was part of Rethinking High School with Soledad O’Brien, a town hall produced by local PBS stations WETA and WHUT with support from the XQ Super School Project. Youth reporters Bridjett Castell, Emanuel Grimes and Imani St. Clair, from Frederick Douglass High School not only listened to the panel discussion about testing, teacher quality, equal access and learning styles, but they got to interview the television host, Howard University students and Super School organizers. Read More

PBS internships help build bridges from high school to media career

Student Reporting Labs journalists with internships at their local PBS stations spent their summer breaks out in the field producing stories and honing professional media skills. Jordan Brown, a rising senior at Cedar Crest High School, contributed to WITF’s campaign coverage by photographing a… Read More

SRL Educators produce stories they’d like to see on PBS NewsHour

Thirty-five educators converged on the nation’s capital this summer for #SRLBootcamp2016, an annual workshop devoted to storytelling, student engagement and the future of public media. Teachers and program leaders worked alongside commercial and public media mentors to hone video production,… Read More

SRL’s Connected Educators of the Month

Each month, the Student Reporting Labs program celebrates its amazing teachers by recognizing a Connected Educator of the Month. These teachers go above and beyond every day to carry out the program mission. Educators are nominated for their hard-work, passion and eagerness to guide the next generation of public media journalists to success. Read More

Ask the Alumnus: John Fabella

After leaving SRL at Maui Waena Intermediate, John Fabella went on to producing videos at Maui High School’s reporting lab. Learn why this high school freshman is still working alongside Jennifer Suzuki at Maui Waena as a mentor to his former peers. Read More