Thousands of Cubans took to the streets to protest the failing economy, food shortages and growing number of COVID-19 cases on the island. Fueled by social media, the protests also gained support and solidarity in Miami’s Little Havana, where young people have also taken to the streets. Student Reporting Labs’s Delta Flores, a Gwen Ifill fellow, reports.
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On Our Minds: Talking About Teen Mental Health with Student Reporting Labs
PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) launched On Our Minds with Noah+Zion, a limited-run podcast series on teen mental health this spring. Over a series of five episodes, 16-year-old hosts Noah Konevitch of Lebanon, Pennsylvania and Zion Williams of Clinton Township, Michigan, explored various mental health challenges affecting today’s teens, and shared coping mechanisms from mental health experts.
Joan Ganz Cooney Center
10 Things SRL Alum Zhenwei Gao Learned as a Youth Journalist
In the blink of an eye, I am a high school graduate. Amongst the wonderful memories of high school are the lessons I learned working as a youth journalist with PBS NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs. Here are my 10 reflections from my own experiences and growth.
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Student activists help divert millions in funding away from law enforcement in schools
The role of police officers in schools has come under increasing scrutiny, as communities across the U.S. respond to calls for racial justice and re-evaluate student safety. In Los Angeles, student activists played a major role in getting the school district to move away from funding police in schools. Julia Escobar, of the NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs youth journalism program, has the story.
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End of the School Year: What have you learned about yourself and about school?
As the school year draws to a close, we wanted to check in with students so they could tell us what they’ve learned this year about themselves and about school.