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Founder’s Note: Here’s what’s coming…

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

Meet the 2021 class of summer academy fellows

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

Students relay their messages to the new president

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

Teens to the next presidential administration: Bring people together

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

“We the Young People,” a teen inauguration special

Arlington, Va.—PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) will host We the Young People, a half-hour, virtual special streaming on PBS NewsHour on January 14 at 7pm ET, with an encore presentation on inauguration day, January 20 at 7pm ET/4pm PT & 12am ET/9pm PT… Read More

Final Students Announced for SRL Health Video Fellowship

December 2020 Arlington, Va.––PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) has selected six additional student journalists for the winter and spring cohorts of its inaugural Health Video Fellowship, which launched earlier this fall. Students selected for the winter cohort are: Logan Tsukiyama… Read More