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
The NewsHour's network of Student Reporting Labs explore how the shooting of Michael Brown and the violent aftermath affected teen's views of justice and race in America. Student reporters found responses ranging from frustration and confusion to a sense of promise for the future. Read More
This Friday, the city of Chicago will lay to rest its youngest fatal shooting victim this year. Nine-year-old Antonio Smith was fatally shot at least four times in a South Side backyard just blocks away from his home, according to the Chicago Tribune. Since the summer of 2012, when the city recorded the nation's highest homicide count, shootings have become a large part of an ongoing discussion about relations between the police and residents, neighborhood safety and gun control legislation. Read More
Middle and high school students from around the country earned a trip to Washington, D.C. and the White House by distinguishing themselves in the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs program. The 11 “All-Star” students, selected from dozens of submissions, traveled from as far as Hawaii to participate in four days of workshops and sightseeing in the nation’s capital. Read More
In August, teachers and public media mentors joined the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs to participate in the #SRLbootcamp2014 located in the Washington D.C. area. The bootcamp's goal was to provide teaching tools to help foster the next generation of journalists through media literacy in the classroom. The groups were tasked with the challenge of producing character profiles of local artists. Here are their final results. Read More
Kim Chexnayder, a member of the inaugural SRL All-Stars Class, is covering President Barack Obama's visit to Kansas City where he will deliver a speech on the economy. Follow her journey here. Read More
What happens when a group of teens turn their cameras on high-school football players, captive flamingos and lunch meats? This year, as part of the Student Reporting Labs program, the PBS NewsHour challenged youth journalists to pitch, produce, shoot and edit their own videos. From Detroit to Newark… Read More
Meredith DeMarois, a member of the inaugural SRL All-Stars Class, will be documenting her internship experience at MontanaPBS. Follow her journey here. Week 2: This past week I was able to focus on the thing I'm best at and the thing I'm worst at. Read More
The West Virginia State Board of Education invited Richwood High School, a PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Lab from Richwood, West Virginia, to its June meeting to present a video they produced about the school's improvement process. Read More