Student Reporting Labs honored with Outstanding Achievement in Journalism Award from Global Youth & News Media

July 31, 2025

Global Youth & News Media, a France-based nonprofit that aims to strengthen the linkages between young people and news media, awarded PBS News Student Reporting Labs its second-ever Prize forOutstanding Achievement in Journalism in late July. 

“This award is in recognition of the program’s impactful history and determination to continue its unmatched work to introduce young people throughout the United States to local broadcast journalism,” said Aralynn McMane, executive director of Global Youth & News Media in a recent News Decoder piece.

“In voting to bestow this award,” she said, “our board was unanimous and adamant about the need to shine a spotlight on Student Reporting Labs to remind the world

of what short-sighted politics risks destroying in the wake of defunding public broadcasting.”

Read more about this honor and award here, in a piece by student journalist Andie Korenge.