Student Reporting Labs

Student Reporting Labs is a program that connect students with public media mentors to produce original reporting. Follow this blog to keep up with the students and their work. 

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Our lab at Maui Waena Intermediate School visited Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park over the break for an upcoming STEM story. (Photo credit Jennifer Suzuki)

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SRL All-Star Gabriel Gamiño Guerrero smiles for the camera with his longtime mentor Mike Sauceda.

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SRL students of Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High School along with mentor Victor Fernandez teamed up with WPBT2 South Florida PBS to cover the Bold Beauty Project exhibit. To watch the segment, click here.

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The Haleakala Summit allows SRL journalists of Kauai High School to reach great heights, while covering their #STEM story.

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The Etiwanda High School Reporting Lab enjoyed a day of discovery and #STEM reporting at the Channel Islands National Park.

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Say hello to the SRL class of Cedar Ridge High School in Round Rock, Texas with their mentor Julie Simon Loftsgaarden.

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In the wake of the election, schools across the country are reporting heightened anxiety and disappointment, incidents of bullying, vandalism and harassment and even walkouts protesting the president-elect. Our Student Reporting Labs have gathered a variety of reactions, and Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Education Week’s Kavitha Cardoza and Mariama Richards of Friends’ Central School for more.

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Tired of hitting the refresh button on the election forecast? Instead, be inspired by these young citizens who answered our call to tell the next #POTUS about the issues closest to their hearts. http://to.pbs.org/2fAWIzC #2NextPrez #ElectionDay

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Royal Oak High School’s SRL lab visits Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore to report their STEM story.

Photos by SRL Connected Educator Michael Conrad/Royal Oak High School.

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Legacy Charter School's SRL lab visited Congaree National Park to kick-start the production of this year's STEM story.

Photos by SRL Connected Educator Neena Kumar/Legacy Charter School.

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What if teenagers felt they had a voice in the future of our country?

More than 100 SRL students from across the country talk to the next president about the issues they feel need to be addressed: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/srlletters2nextprez

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SRL youth reporters from Black River Falls High School attend Wisconsin Public Television's live show of Here & Now.

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That one time SRL Fellows met President Barack Obama at the White House’s South by South Lawn. 

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SRL Fellows are at South by South Lawn to celebrate the spirit of innovation. 

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SRL is taking over D.C. First stop — the White House Student Film Festival (#WHFilmFest). More from #SXSL today and Monday.

Follow the students as they take over the SRL social media accounts: Snapchat: reportinglabs IG: studentreportinglabs Twitter: @reportinglabs

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How can we #RethinkHighSchool? Yesterday, our reporters at Frederick Douglass High School attended XQ America’s town hall with Soledad O'Brien to find out how to teach innovation.

Photos by Leah Clapman/Student Reporting Labs, Patrice Lawrence/Frederick Douglass High School and Anita Wright/Student Reporting Labs.

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Recording a spoken word submission for Letters to the Next President. Photos by Thaisi Da Silva/Student Reporting Labs.