More Americans are graduating high school than ever before —over 80 percent. But will we ever get to the point where everyone graduates? America’s Promise Alliance is working to achieve a 90 percent graduation rate by the year 2020. To celebrate the nation’s progress and map out the road ahead, celebrities and industry leaders will gather at the historic Howard Theatre in Washington D.C. on April 20. Read More
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PBS SoCal provided invaluable support to their students at Etiwanda and West Ranch High Schools for a piece on Wi-Fi school buses for PBS NewsHour. Read More
SRL and Austin High School alumnus Ben Root has already accomplished what most adult journalists dream about - and he's only a college freshman. In March, Ben attended his second South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas. While there, he along with three other SRL alumni led a panel called Meet the Next Generation of Public Media Producers. Read More
At Cedar Crest High School, Christopher encourages his students to ask the right questions in order to produce stories with a purpose. Read More
PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs has selected three youth journalists to participate in a pilot apprenticeship program in Washington, D.C. These aspiring storytellers will work alongside the SRL team to hone their journalism skills while producing original news reports. Apprentices were chosen by a selection committee composed of the SRL staff… Read More
Learn more about the 20 talented young storytellers from 11 states who will gather in the nation's capital in this year's summer academy. Read More
Yes, we are aware that most young people left Facebook the second their parents “friended” them, but since teens are the indisputable emoji experts, who better to ask about the new set of “Reaction” buttons? So we reached out to middle and high school students in the SRL network to get… Read More
What do you do when you're a college student interested in producing news stories, but your school doesn't offer it as a degree track? If you're Sydney Harper — you create your own path. Read More
Wauwatosa West High School students Henry Tyson, Zoe Stack, Richard Sear and Thomas Leonard proudly display their official PBS NewsHour press passes. Read More