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Teacher Feature November 2025: Morgan Bricker - PBS News Student Reporting Labs Morgan Bricker is a journalism teacher and adviser for the Weir Student Media program at Weir High School in Weirton, W.Va., where her students produce a news website, yearbook, daily announcements, a...

Meet Morgan Bricker, a journalism teacher in West Virginia and our November #TeacherFeature studentreportinglabs.org/blog-posts/t...

Sixteen Years of SRL: Words of advice from early SRL mentor Erika Aguilar - PBS News Student Reporting Labs Happy 16 years of Student Reporting Labs!  PBS News Student Reporting Labs was founded by Leah Clapman in 2009 as an experiment of the PBS News Hour: What could national news stories look like if repo...

We're celebrating 16 years of Student Reporting Labs! Check out this Q&A with veteran mentor Erika Aguilar, who shares the guiding principles that shaped her journey, and the next generation of storytellers.

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Run, Hide, Fight: Growing up under the gun - YouTube Gun violence is the leading cause of death for American children and teens. "Run, Hide, Fight: Growing Up Under the Gun" is a new 30-minute documentary about...

In case you missed it, individual segments from our award-winning documentary Run, Hide, Fight: Growing up under the gun are now on YouTube.

Watch them here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour The Howard University program that’s making carbon-consciousness chic

When I see the passion and energy of young people like Hailey, a @howard.edu student who’s helping her peers embrace slow fashion, I can’t help but feel hopeful for the future.

“Celebrating is a form of action.”

I love that!

So honored to participate in this piece for @reportinglabs.bsky.social.

PBS News Hour Classroom Lesson: PBS News @reportinglabs.bsky.social 'Second Nature' focuses on climate solutions

Watch 2 videos w/ discussion Qs of Howard & USC students sharing their work on protecting the environment

#MediaLiteracyWeek https://loom.ly/NeMXDZk

Teacher Feature September 2025: Preston Donakowski - PBS News Student Reporting Labs Preston Donakowski is an award-winning former journalist turned high school teacher. Under his leadership, the Falcon News Network at East Kentwood High School in Kentwood, Michigan, has grown from a ...

Meet Preston Donakowski, an award-winning former journalist turned high school teacher from Kentwood, Michigan, and this month's #TeacherFeature. studentreportinglabs.org/blog-posts/t...

On Our Minds is Student Reporting Labs’ award-winning teen life podcast. Season 6 is hitting the road with stories about what makes teen life unique across the country.

Apply to be a co-host by 10/31.

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WELCOME TO THE SRL COMMUNITY COMMONS, your go-to spot for getting oriented and making the most of our community.

Learn more and sign up here! community.story-maker.org/c/start-here/

🎉🍎 We’re excited to announce the launch of the Civic Media Playbook for Educators, created in partnership with @reportinglabs.bsky.social! This adaptation offers practical lesson plans and resources that guide classrooms through every step of community-focused journalism.

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The Smithsonian is creating a time capsule of hopes and wishes for the next 50 years Learn more about the Smithsonian's newest time capsule, which will not open to the public until 2075.

NEW @pbsnews.org Classroom News Lesson: The Smithsonian is creating a time capsule of hopes and wishes for the next 50 years

Ask students: If you had the opportunity to put a note in the time capsule, what would you say?

feat. @reportinglabs.bsky.social | #sschat #civics #EduSky

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DC Greens is fighting food injustice, one healthy meal at a time Learn about a non-profit group that fights food insecurity by helping communities grow their own food

NEW @pbsnews.org Classroom News Lesson: DC Greens is fighting food injustice, one healthy meal at a time

Ask students: How could thinking of food as medicine change the way doctors and communities help people stay healthy? #sschat #EDUSky

feat. @reportinglabs.bsky.social

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How Maryland’s riverkeepers protect the state’s waterways Learn more about riverkeepers in Maryland, and their plan to ensure clean water throughout the state

PBS @pbsnews.org News Classroom Daily News Lesson:

Ask students: What do you think were the interests and sources of curiosity on the part of the student reporters who produced this segment?

w/ @reportinglabs.bsky.social #sschat #ngss #APES #EduSky

LINK: bit.ly/3HoOixN

YouTube video by PBS News Student Reporting Labs Meet the 2025 Summer Academy Fellows

Meet the 2025 Summer Academy Fellows joining us at the end of June to produce reported news stories with the support of PBS News Student Reporting Labs staff, in collaboration with WETA.

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Family who lived through 1950s U.S. deportation effort reflects on current climate Produced by Student Reporting Labs, News Hour's youth journalism program

NEW @pbsnews.org Daily News Lesson: Family who lived through 1950s U.S. deportation effort reflects on current climate

Ask Students: What do you know about American citizens being deported under the Trump administration?

#sschat #EduSky @reportinglabs.bsky.social

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Edible Stories Market Garden in Hillsboro, Oregon, focuses on growing vegetables traditionally used in South Asian cooking.

Owner Lakshmi Tata says it helps her family and the community connect to their Indian heritage.

Watch this report from @reportinglabs.bsky.social

MediaWise A.I. Unlocked Series A MediaWise/PBS News Student Reporting Labs series of videos and lessons all about teaching students the basics of generative A.I. This series explores how to detect A.I., identifying misinformation, ...

Check out this NEW MediaWise + Student Reporting Labs series of videos and lessons all about teaching students the basics of generative A.I. @poynterinstitute.bsky.social

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SXSW EDU 2025: SRL screens documentary, hosts podcasting workshop, and invites student reporters to interview authors and influencers - PBS News Student Reporting Labs March 19, 2025 By: Anthony Payne It’s become a tradition for PBS News Student Reporting Labs to ring in the spring season by heading down to the Austin Convention Center in Texas for SXSW EDU. This fo...

SRL screened our Run, Hide, Fight documentary, hosted a podcasting workshop, and invited student reporters to interview authors and influencers at this year's SXSW EDU

Check out our recap here studentreportinglabs.org/news/sxsw-ed...

🚨 Calling high school student journalists! Spend a week reporting in DC with PBS News Student Reporting Labs this June. Join us for a free, all-expenses paid week of journalism training and hands-on reporting experience. Apply by 4/27. airtable.com/appCiKI9w68L...

2025 Teacher Workshop: Registration Now Open - PBS News Student Reporting Labs Join us for a (FREE!!) immersive weekend workshop from July 25th–27th at the WETA/PBS News headquarters in Arlington, VA. This year’s Teacher Workshop is all about streamlining storytelling: what stra...

EDUCATORS: Join PBS News Student Reporting Labs staff for a FREE summer workshop in Washington, DC to explore video and audio journalism tactics, tools, and resources. SRL will cover lodging, meals, and offer up to $250 in travel stipends. Register by 4/1 studentreportinglabs.org/news/2025-te...

Announcing SRL’s first College Climate Reporting Fellows - PBS News Student Reporting Labs PBS News Student Reporting Labs is thrilled to introduce the ten college student journalists who have been selected to report stories about young people working to create solutions to respond to the c...

Meet the 10 students joining SRL for a Climate Reporting Fellowship. They'll be reporting in groups about different climate issues facing young people today.

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What are your rights as a student journalist? SRL talks rights and (free!) legal resources with the Student Press Law Center - PBS News Student Reporting Labs February 21, 2025 By: Anthony Payne Following the recent walkouts and protests challenging President Trump’s new immigration policies, high school and college newsrooms may have questions about how to...

What are your rights as a student journalist? SRL talks rights and (free!) legal resources with the Student Press Law Center
@splc.org in our latest blog post.

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College students: apply for our summer internships!

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SRL Operations & Events Intern: weta.org/about/career...

Black History Month: Students reflect on their modern-day heroes Reflect on one teacher's project to help students see the living history in their own time

PBS @pbsnews.bsky.social Classroom's resources in celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth💫

"And now I can follow my dream, becoming an engineer, because he broke down those barriers." —Braelyn Starks on his grandfather, Lester Lewis, aka Pop-Pop

@reportinglabs.bsky.social #sschat to.pbs.org/3uxQuYp

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2 days left to submit a theme song for the next season of our podcast On Our Minds 🎚️ airtable.com/appkVFbP8KD2...

Student stories explore where art meets science in Los Angeles at the 2025 Winter Academy - PBS News Student Reporting Labs January 30, 2025 By: Anthony Payne This year’s SRL Winter Academy was held January 2-6 in Los Angeles, California, where 13 high school students spent the first week of the year collaborating to repor...

This year’s SRL Winter Academy was held in Los Angeles where 13 students spent the first week of the year collaborating to report, film, and produce their own original news stories just before fires broke out in the area.

Check out our recap here:

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Do you know students passionate about podcasting or eager to try it?

We're seeking student producers for Season Five of On Our Minds, which will explore the theme "who inspires you?"

DEADLINE EXTENDED 1/24

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New journalist interview: Student journalists Poojasai Kona and Nico Fischer of PBS @ReportingLabs.bsky.social talked about their multi-part podcast about the 2024 Election, how being a journalist has impacted them, and the value of confidence

LISTEN:
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Just wrapped up our Winter Academy where 12 high school students produced 4 stories about art and science over only a few days!

Be on the lookout, we'll post the stories they produced over the coming weeks 👀

DUE TOMORROW!

We are seeking talented college video journalists from underrepresented backgrounds to produce powerful stories about climate change and the environment during the spring 2025 semester. Application due 12/31

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