“Checking In On Dropping Out” is a collaborative project by PBS NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs and People Production House’s Radio Rootz program. Many of the Radio Rootz journalists come from so-called “dropout factories” where only 60 percent of students finish in four years. Their reporting investigates why… Read More
January 18, 2011 New York---The International Education and Resource Network (iEARN) today announced the launch of its MDGs Reporting Labs in partnership with PBS NewsHour Extra and UNICEF. The program will support high school students around the world to report on the state of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Read More
The Student Reporting Labs site is spotlighted as eSchool News featured website of the week. (ESchool News, a monthly newspaper that focuses on technology and education, spotlights websites that successfully utilize technology and the Internet to transform U.S. schools and help them meet educational goals. Read More
Representatives from the NewsHour recently spent a day at West High School in Salt Lake City, Utah. West High students are participating in the Reporting Labs program for the second year, and they shared insights about their experiences and the reporting process with the NewsHour team. Read More
In May 2010, NewsHour Extra headed to the Southwest for a visit to Austin High School and to attend the annual PBS convention. Students collaborated with mentors from the local PBS affiliates KLRU and KUT. It was lunchtime, so pizza was plentiful. The students also visited the PBS annual conference, where one of the reporters caught up with PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger (without realizing who she was). Read More
In his weekly talk show, Ted Capener brought West High School teacher Jared Wright and two of his students, Clara and Axel, to the studio to talk about their collaboration with PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs. [This video is no longer available.] Read More
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