Washington, D.C. – PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) is excited to announce its 2021 virtual professional development series for educators around the country. This event replaces our annual workshop in Washington, D.C., due to coronavirus pandemic. This year, selected teachers will work alongside the… Read More
By Sydney Johnson June 30, 2021 Arlington, Va.—Two dozen middle and high school students embarked on a two-week virtual fellowship with PBS Newshour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) from June 14th to June 25th, where they worked in teams… Read More
Summer is here, cicadas are showing up on DC’s weather radar, and most of us are straggling across the school year finish line exhausted and burnt out. So I wanted to share where I’m getting my energy and hope these days: student storytelling… Read More
Arlington, Va.–– From the PBS NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs (SRL) team, On Our Minds with Noah and Zion will premiere on Friday, May 28. The podcast about youth mental health for teens, by teens, is in partnership with WETA’s Well Beings,… Read More
By Sydney Johnson As an unprecedented school year ended, PBS Newshour Student Reporting Labs hosted “Disrupted: How COVID Changed Education,” an hour-long virtual special, focused on the impact of the pandemic on schools, students, and educators across the nation. Hosted by PBS NewsHour Senior Correspondent Amna Nawaz, the show created… Read More
Arlington, Va.– PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) announced the selection of 24 distinguished students from 13 different states for its 2021 virtual student academy. Now in its seventh year, the award-winning academy is an immersive video journalism fellowship for teens. All production costs are… Read More
PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) will host “Disrupted: How COVID changed Education”, a one-hour, live YouTube digital event on PBS NewsHour on Tuesday, May 18 at 7pm ET, with encore presentations on PBS Plus streaming platforms. More than a… Read More
February 2021 Arlington, Va.–– As part of its ongoing partnership with WETA Well Beings, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) will debut a special podcast series on youth mental health in the spring. Well Beings is… Read More
Ahead of President Joe Biden’s inauguration, we reached out to our network of teens across the country to find out what they hope his administration accomplishes. The country remains divided and tensions remain high as the Coronavirus pandemic, racial injustice, and the climate crisis continue… Read More
By Hannah Lee Tens of thousands tuned into “We the Young People,” a teen inauguration special spotlighting how teens are navigating a historic time in American democracy. Hosted by PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs, in partnership with GBH’s WORLD Channel, the event featured first-time voters, leading… Read More