Our Student Reporting Labs program, which leads journalism training in middle and high schools around the United States, asked teenagers why representation in pop culture matters to them.
Press
Talent Middle School journalism duo points the camera inward, covers Almeda fire
Franklin Ramirez and Aaron Chavez have been best friends since they were in diapers. Now they are learning to become student journalists and like most great duos, they know each other’s strengths and weaknesses.
KTVL
Etiwanda High Students Want to Read More Relevant Books to Help Foster ‘Progressive Conversations’
Student Aliyah Addie at Etiwanda High School reflects on her findings while producing the story “Should schools teach more modern books?” for Students Reporting Labs.
PBS SoCal
Hiding In Plain Sight: Mom & Daughter Talk Mental Health
Talking to others about your mental health isn’t an easy feat, especially if that person is your parent. Zion Williams, a high school student and Season 1 host of PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs’ On Our Minds alongside Noah Konevitch during the 2020-21 school year, and her mother, Gwen Littles-Williams, don’t have that problem at all. Zion regularly opens up to her mother about her mental health.
Forbes
Good morning: Caesar Rodney’s Knable an Educator of the Year finalist
While the pandemic may have kept many teachers and students off-balance the past two years — with both online and in-person instruction — Elise Knable embraced the challenge, supporting her students and giving them a sense of self-worth when they needed it most.
For her efforts, the Caesar Rodney High School career and technology teacher was honored by the National Society of High School Scholars as a finalist for the 2021 Educator of the Year award.