Last week, Royse City High School junior and budding videographer Vion Gashi was featured in a special for PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL), titled “We the Young People: Moments of Truth.”
Our national network of young reporters, part of our Student Reporting Labs, asked fellow students why they’re politically engaged ahead of the midterm elections.
Seven high school students in Appleton, Black River Falls, Minocqua and Wauwatosa, including participants in PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs, share their views on school shootings and safety.
We spanned out across the state to interview students including those from two PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs high schools. Here’s a sampling of what they told us.
Eighteen year-old Makenna Mead was recently able to pursue her love of interviewing when she was featured on PBS NewsHour’s student media initiative, Student Reporting Labs.