Arlington, Va. — In the wake of George Floyd’s death and worldwide demonstrations, teens across the U.S. responded to racial injustice with fear, hope, and resolve to make lasting change. The PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) issued a call for responses from students across the… Read More
A picture of George Floyd is seen at a makeshift memorial put up by protesters at the corner where he got arrested, in the aftermath of a white police officer getting caught on a bystander’s video pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck, who later died at a hospital, in Minneapolis,… Read More
Arlington, Va.––Eight students from the Washington, D.C. area joined the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) for its annual Homegrown fellowship. This year’s fellows set out to create profiles on first-time voters, but when the coronavirus pandemic… Read More
Arlington, Va. – PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) announces the selection of three talented aspiring journalists for summer fellowships at their local PBS stations: Dariana Garcia at WHYY in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Xavier Dominguez at KRWG… Read More
Arlington, Va.— PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) is pleased to announce our inaugural class of 2020 Contributors, who will work closely with the SRL team to produce content during distance learning in the spring and summer of 2020. SRL created this all-new… Read More
May 1, 2020 Washington, D.C. – PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) is excited to announce its inaugural virtual professional development series for educators around the country. This event replaces our annual workshop in Washington, D.C., due to the uncertainty of coronavirus risk factors this summer. Read More
Arlington, Va. – PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) and ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) are joining forces to launch #SeniorPortrait, a public awareness campaign to amplify the voices of millions of high school seniors whose class was dramatically disrupted by the coronavirus shutdown. … Read More
Deadline: Sunday, May 31, 2020. To all the high school seniors, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) & ASCD are thinking about you and your friends, how you’re doing and what you’re feeling. The unprecedented coronavirus shut down will mark this high school class forever. Read More
Arlington, Va.– Before the coronavirus pandemic disrupted education across the country, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) worked with its national network of schools to produce videos for a new student-centered series: “2020 IN FOCUS: Climate Change, Education, and Mental Health.” Teen journalists in 17… Read More
Video journalists are scrambling to adapt to the constraints of a locked-down world under the COVID-19 pandemic. A key tool in our arsenal: remote interviews conducted over Zoom, Skype or webcam. Producer Jennie Butler of NowThis and Andrew James Benson of Inquire Films share some secrets about conducting… Read More