SRL Hosts 2025 Teacher Workshop — meet the educators!
June 4, 2025
Student Reporting Labs’ will host its annual Teacher Workshop from July 25-27 in Washington, DC at the WETA offices, home of the PBS News Hour.
This year’s Teacher Workshop focuses on streamlining student storytelling by exploring production strategies that teach students perspective, expand creativity, and maximize resources to produce compelling narratives.
Educators will work alongside the SRL team to strengthen their technical and editorial skills to better marry storytelling and technology in the classroom. They’ll bring these skills back to their classrooms to support high school student journalists as they report the stories that matter most to them and their communities.
This level of free hands-on media education is made possible by support for public media programs like PBS News Student Reporting Labs and local station WETA. Consider donating today.
Meet the teachers attending this year’s workshop:
Michelle Rose – Raytown South High School, Raytown, MO
Eric Gutierrez – Haskell STEM Academy, Fullerton, CA
Mindy Pavone – Clinton High School, Clinton, NY
Jaime Orozco – Prestonwood Christian Academy, Prosper, TX
Julie Tiedens – Black River Falls High School, Black River Falls, WI
Joe Papadopoulos – Eisenhower High School, Tampa, FL
Rebecca L. Rodgers, MA – Vashon High School, St. Louis, MO
Sterling Miller – New Fairfield High School, New Fairfield, CT
William Work – Cesar Chavez Academy, Corona, CA
Joe Hodge – Weiss High School, Pflugerville, TX
Donna Herold – Ferris High School, Spokane, WA
George Scott – Bozeman High School, Bozeman, MT
Katie Cianelli – South Shore Charter Public School, Norwell, MA
Elizabeth Ward – Chief Leschi Schools, Puyallup, WA
Christopher Bissinger – Stewarts Creek High School, Smyrna, TN
Ann Bernard – Montana PBS, Bozeman, MT
Kimberley Thompson – South Shore Charter Public School, Norwell MA
Preston Donakowski – East Kentwood High School, Kentwood, MI
Clifford Williams III – Central Visual Performing Arts High School, St. Louis, MO
Claudia Robles – J.C. Bermudez Doral Senior, Doral, FL
Abby Jaillet – Vestavia Hills High School, Vestavia Hills, AL
Cymone Ryals – Morrow High School, Ellenwood, GA
Alina Rakiewicz – Warwick High School, Lilitz, PA
Margaret Burgos – Lincoln Middle School, Portland, ME
Aisha Davis – South Cobb High School, Austell, GA
Cindy Severino – Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, Roxbury, MA
Matt Codner – Hendrick Hudson High School, Montrose, NY
Vilma Orduna – Porter High School, Brownsville, TX
Angelina Valencia – Utterback Middle School, Tucson, AZ
Nancy Webster – Robinson High School, Tampa, FL
Sara Chen – South River High School, Edgewater, MD
Heather Putnam – Desert Edge High School, Goodyear, AZ
Robert Casas – Westview High School, San Diego, CA
Kelli Gary – Lake Braddock Middle School, Burke, VA
Joei L. Dyes – Eisenhower High School, Houston, TX
Chris Sloan – Judge Memorial High School, Salt Lake City, UT
Jodi Hwang – Los Altos High School, Los Altos, CA
Lunx Girgado – ATLAS High School, Astoria, NY
Miriam Townsend – McKinley CLA, St. Louis, MO
Fred Haas – Hopkinton High School, Hopkinton, MA
William Nelson – Norte Vista High School, Riverside, CA
Sammy Wiener – WHYY Media Labs and Philadelphia School District, Philadelphia, PA
Timothy Williams – Lawrence High School, Lawrence Township, NJ
Sean A Taylor – Northeast High School, Philadelphia, PA
Sarah Clark – Hammond Eastside Upper Magnet School, Hammond, LA
Monique Harris Schramme – Lexington Public High School, Lexington, MA
Teresa King – McCreary Central High School, Whitley City, KY
Keyanna Alexander – Stockbridge High School, Stockbridge, GA
Kyla Riccobon – Berwick High School, Berwick, PA
Cody Carlton – Alabama Public Television, Birmingham, AL