On Maui, schools with multiple buildings are designed to withstand natural forces, not intruders. But in the wake of Columbine, Sandy Hook and other school shootings, administrators must find ways to balance security with nurturing learning environments. Student Television Network correspondent Sydney Dempsey reports, part of our ongoing Student Reporting Labs series 'The New Safe.' Read More
In 2010, a gunman attacked an elementary school playground in suburban San Diego. Four years later, students from nearby Carlsbad High School visited the school to see how the community is healing, interviewing teachers and students on camera for the first time. This is story is part of a NewsHour Student Reporting Labs series on school safety through the eyes of young people. Read More
This summer, 18 talented young storytellers from 11 states will convene in the nation's capital with a common objective: to help build the future of public media. Read More
What does it mean to feel safe and be safe at school? This month marks the anniversaries of the shootings at Columbine and Virginia Tech. And while the continuous news cycle can make school shootings seem like an epidemic, below the surface, school communities are changing and rethinking ways to protect students. PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs and the Student Television Network asked scholastic broadcast journalism programs across the United States to tell their own stories. Read More
The 9-second internet video featuring members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the University of Oklahoma singing a racist chant has … Read More
On a rainy day in 2013, Austin High School student Archer Hadley approached a school door and waited for someone to open it. As water gushed down his back, Hadley, who has cerebral palsy, asked himself, “Hey, I’ve been to a lot of public places that have automatic doors, why… Read More
This year’s White House Student Film Festival asked students K-12 to submit short films about the meaning of “giving back”. And as luck would have it, youth journalists from our network of Student Reporting Labs recently tackled the same topic in… Read More
The students in chemistry teacher Renee Aalund's media class have traded Bunsen burners for cameras and beakers for lav mics. As the only school in North Dakota to participate in the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs program, Turtle Mountain Community High School and its intrepid team of youth journalists have discovered a new way to tell the stories of their reservation town. Melinda Bolton from KXNews has the full story in this week's Eye on Education. Read More
What would you do if you were selected to be a youth correspondent during one of public media’s most important days of programming? The students of Philip’s Academy Charter School and Montclair Kimberley Academy in Newark, New Jersey, rose to that challenge, joining their Student Reporting Labs mentor Lauren Wanko of NJTV on… Read More
Illustration by Ruth Tam Giving back to your community is on most people’s to-do list, but takes time and commitment. For the holiday season, the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs program asked our teen producers to find and tell stories of young people making a difference in their communities. Read More