SRL Hosts 2024 Teacher Workshop — Meet the participants!
July 2, 2024
Student Reporting Labs’ will host its annual Teacher Workshop from July 19-21 in Washington, DC at WETA. Educators and local PBS station staff will work alongside the SRL team to strengthen their technical and editorial skills in interviewing, digital photography/videography, audio journalism, and editing. Educators will bring these hands-on experiences and skills back to their classrooms to support high school student journalists as they report important stories from a youth perspective.
Meet this year’s participants!
Althea Davis from PBS North Carolina in Raleigh, North Carolina
Amy M Wathen from Wakefield High School in Alexandria, Virginia
Anastasia Tikka from Shaw High School in Columbus, Georgia
Anthony M. Michael O’Bannon from Lakeland Elementary Middle School in Baltimore, Maryland
Betsy Freeman from Readington Middle School in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey
Bryan Christopher from Riverside High School in Durham, North Carolina
Cara Buse from Eastside Early College High School in Austin, Texas
Chantori Nelson from Kendrick High School in Columbus, Georgia
Cindy Severino from Madison Park Technical Vocational High School in Randolph, Massachusetts
Conrad Burgos from Kensington CAPA in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Deborah Wischmann from John F. Kennedy High School in Olney, Maryland
Dennis Madrigal from Francis Polytechnic High School in West Hills, California
Dr. Sequoyah Wharton from Brentwood High School in Selden, New York
Emily Moncata from PBS SoCal in Los Angeles, California
Eric Gutierrez from Haskell STEM Academy in Fullerton, California
Francine “Franki” Foster from Kendrick High School in Columbus, Georgia
Jacob Suriel from Summa San in New York, New York
Jasmine Binion from Cypress Ridge High School in Tomball, Texas
Jason Kaye from Attwood New Tech Magnet School in Canton, Michigan
Jennifer Buergermeister from The Woodlands College Park High School in The Woodlands, Texas
Kecia McClendon from Cody High School in Detroit, Michigan
Kelly Long from Blue Mountain School District in Ashland, Pennsylvania
Krista McKim from Rockville High School in Rockville, Maryland
Kristen Clark from Arlington Youth Journalism Initiative in Washington, D.C.
Kunal Arora from Quince Orchard High School in Germantown, Maryland
Lee Rain Wallin from Whittier Elementary School in Washington, D.C.
Lia Özizmirli from Maryland Humanities in Baltimore, Maryland
Lindsay Kellogg from McDonogh School in Odenton, Maryland
Matt Codner from Hendrick Hudson High School in Montrose, NY
Melissa Fox from Horace Furness High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Monica Rodriguez from Gulliver Preparatory School – Upper School Campus in Miami, Florida
Morgan Landolfi from Valley View Middle School in Watchung, New Jersey
Nicole Jones Harper from Kendrick High School in Columbus, Georgia
Orithius Hardge from Kendrick High School in Columbus, Georgia
Patricia Pollack from Benjamin Tasker Middle School in Bowie, Maryland
Rachelle Provost from Benjamin Tasker Middle School in Bowie, Maryland
Robert Casas from Westview High School in San Diego, California
Stefanie Halliday from Greenhills School in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Tara Bordeaux from Austin ISD in Austin, Texas
Tiffany Purnell from Northwood Elementary School #242 in Baltimore, Maryland
William Beustring from Maryland Public Television in Owings Mills, Maryland
Zachary Green from Whittier Elementary in Washington, DC
About Student Reporting Labs
Through video journalism, Student Reporting Labs (SRL) creates transformative educational experiences that inspire middle and high school students to report on the issues that matter to them, find their voice and engage with their communities. SRL lesson plans, assignment prompts and instruction tools facilitate project-based learning that builds critical thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, and communication skills. Follow Student Reporting Labs on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Major support is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the MacArthur Foundation, the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health Science Education Partnership Award.
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