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
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
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
Arlington, Va.—Following the success of its inaugural season, PBS NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs (SRL) has begun production of a second season of On Our Minds and selected two, new teen hosts for the podcast about youth mental health. On Our Minds with Matt & Faiza… Read More
PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) will host “Our New Normal: How Teens are Redefining School Life,” an hour-long event on PBS NewsHour’s YouTube channel on Tuesday, January 25 at 7pm ET, with an encore presentation on the WORLD Channel. From vaccination mandates to book bans, social media policies to teaching history and race,… Read More
November 22, 2021 Arlington, Va.— PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) has been named the recipient of funding from the Google News Lab to further its efforts to bridge generational digital divides and strengthen media literacy. Over the next 18 months, SRL will create… Read More
By Jaylah Moore-Ross This year’s Gwen Ifill Legacy Fellows spent the summer working with their local PBS stations to expand their journalism skills and cover impactful stories about their communities. Delta Flores, Shakyna Golphin, and Micah Martin interned with station leaders and producers at… Read More
November 12, 2021 Arlington, Va.— PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL), with support from the Mott Foundation, has made its award-winning curriculum and lesson plans available on the Mizzen by Mott app to reach afterschool program leaders across the country. SRL will support… Read More
Media Literacy Week is hosted every year by the National Association for Media Literacy Education, or NAMLE, to underline the importance of teaching media literacy. This year’s theme is: Access, Analyze, Evaluate, Create and Act. Check out the resources below from Student Reporting Labs to help you… Read More
September 21 , 2021 Arlington, Va.— PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) released StoryMaker, a new, free, digital tool that will serve as a one-stop shop for educators and students interested in engaging with SRL’s signature youth journalism and storytelling curriculum and… Read More