While young people across the country have been watching the midterm elections unfold via political ads, Daily Show parodies and social media, aspiring journalists with the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs program have been producing election stories from within their own communities. Young Arkansans say minimum wage won't cut it Read More
When high school senior Devon Wood sits down at the dinner table with her parents they catch up on what’s happening at school or at the farm. But as of late, midterm elections — and politics in general — have dominated their evening conversations. Read More
Student Reporting Labs All-Star Kennedy Huff is used to working behind the scenes as a student reporter and videographer. Her role shifted, however, when her local PBS station, KLRU, asked her to help anchor their American Graduate Day. Read More
Six members of the Student Reporting Lab at Richwood High School, accompanied by their teacher Susan Johnson, attended a workshop at the Reed College of Media at West Virginia University, which was funded by a grant from the West Virginia Broadcaster's Association. Read More
The debate over the health risks of high school football has escalated since three student players died in a week. PBS NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs talk to the football team at T.C. Williams High School in Virginia for their response. Then Gwen Ifill sits down with Steven Broglio, director of the NeuroSport Research Laboratory at the University of Michigan to discuss the risks to young athletes. Read More
By a two-to-one margin, Americans disapprove of the way the NFL has handled domestic violence incidents involving its players, according to a poll conducted by ABC News and Marist college. The NewsHour's Student Reporting Labs team asked high school students if professional athletes should be considered role models. Read More
SRL storytellers from Michigan and Texas told important national stories about economics and agriculture this year, and they are getting recognized for their work. Read More
Children’s rights advocates Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India, who both campaign for giving children access to an education and against their exploitation for financial gain, won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Read More
I didn't expect that being named a member of the inaugural class of PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs All-Stars would lead me to a White House Q&A with the executive director of the Joining Forces initiative and a one-on-one conversation with presidential debate moderator and Read More
When Karin McKemey, my television teacher at Fort Mill High, notified me that I had been chosen for the PBS Student Reporting Lab All-Stars program, I was beyond ecstatic. And unbeknownst to me at that point, I only knew some of what lay ahead. It was an opportunity of a lifetime with was so much more involved than I could ever imagine. Ms. McKemey was fully aware, but she wanted to let most of what I was about to experience come as a surprise. Read More