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SRL Announces 2022 Gwen Ifill Legacy Fellows at Local PBS stations
Written by Beyza Vural ARLINGTON, Va. – PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) welcomes three talented aspiring female journalists for summer fellowships at their local PBS stations: Insherah Qazi at Arkansas PBS in Conway, Arkansas; Zion Williams at… Read More
Ken Burns opens up about loss, grief, and storytelling
Written by Beyza Vural Ken Burns, an American documentary filmmaker, has over 40 years of filmmaking experience, producing documentaries on topics ranging from the Civil War to baseball and jazz and U.S. presidents. Some of his work includes “The Central Park Five,” “Hemingway” and “Muhammad… Read More
Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels on removing the shame of mental illness and extolling the benefits of therapy
Rapper Darryl McDaniels, better known as his stage name “DMC,” was part of Run-DMC, one of the most influential groups in hip-hop history. DMC has been open about his mental health and has written a memoir, Ten Ways Not to Commit Suicide… Read More
This teen health doctor explains how teens are processing the first TikTok war and other news online
Dr. Hina Talib is a board-certified pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist, writer, and teen media creative based in New York City. Recently, she was featured in an episode of our teen mental health podcast, On Our Minds with Matt and Faiza to give young people… Read More
Dr. Daniel Siegel Debunks Myths About the Teenage Brain
Dr. Daniel Siegel is a neuropsychiatrist and a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles and the author of the book “Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain.” Recently, he was featured in an episode of our teen mental health… Read More
Meet the 2022 class of summer academy fellows
Arlington, Va.– PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) has selected 27 up-and-coming storytellers from across the country for its annual summer academy, which will take place at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University in Phoenix from June 23-29 after two years of virtual… Read More
SRL returns to SXSW EDU in person after a two year absence
Austin, Texas—PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) returned in person to Austin for SXSW EDU, the annual conference that attracts the education field’s leading minds on how to positively transform and improve education for students. Over 4 days, SRL convened 50 local students across the… Read More
Apply to SRL’s 2022 Student Academy in Phoenix, Arizona
After a two-year hiatus, we at PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs are so excited to revive our in-person student academy this June 23-29 in Phoenix, Arizona (If pandemic trends change, we will consider reverting back to a virtual experience). We are thrilled to partner with Arizona State University and the … Read More
“Our New Normal” special takes a look at the changing school landscape for millions of students
By Owen Shao PBS Newshour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) hosted Our New Normal: How Teens Are Redefining School Life. The hour-long special detailed the thoughts, feelings and experiences of teens attempting to reclaim a sense of normalcy within their education. Hosted… Read More