About the Series

PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs and Student Television Network investigate how schools across the country are rethinking what it means to feel safe and be safe at school.

SAFETY AND SOCIAL

In 2013, Park Hill South High School was forced to issue a three-hour lockdown due to a threat. What followed the lockdown could be described as a collaborative investigation. Local news outlets worked along with the school district to get to the bottom of the vague threats.

In an effort to better understand the events of those days, student reporters interviewed students, teachers, local journalists and law enforcement to gather the information necessary to learn how social media impacted that day.

Photojournalists: Brittany Coffey and Jordan Evans
Producers: Brittany Coffey and Jordan Elder
Reporters: Jordan Elder, Connor Hills, Shaefer Schuetz and Kara Strickland

SRL Adviser: Justin Ford

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The New Safe: Inside the Battle for School Safety

About Us

Student Reporting Labs connect students with a network of public broadcasting mentors, an innovative journalism curriculum and an online collaborative space to develop digital media, critical thinking and communication skills while producing original news reports.

Student Television Network was started in 1999 by a group of teachers who wanted to support and encourage scholastic broadcasting and to provide a forum for teachers to share ideas, ask questions, and learn from professionals in the industry. Over the past 15 years, STN has expanded to include film, media and other forms of communication taught in high schools and middle schools.

American Graduate: Let’s Make it Happen is public media’s long-term commitment to supporting community-based solutions to the dropout crisis. Supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), more than 80 public radio and television stations have joined forces with over 1,000 partners and at-risk schools across 30 states.