GBH

COVID and the Classroom

Started: 2020

No longer active
Created by our station

Station type: Joint license

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The pandemic changed everything—especially education. And for high school seniors, the stakes were high. In this special series GBH News followed students from the first day of school through graduation to find out how COVID-19 impacted them, shaped their futures and played out in their communities.

This project reaches tweens and teens via...

Directly engaging t(w)eens via activities, events, or programs
Indirectly reaching t(w)eens via educators, PD, curriculum
Media and/or educational content that is made by, with, or for t(w)eens

What topics does this project focus on?

Civic engagement Culture, society Current affairs Education Identity, relationships Journalism Life skills, career skills Wellness, mental health

Is this project considered part of the station's journalism work?

Yes

Departments involved:

Newsroom

Meredith Nierman/WGBH Educational Foundation

Media and/or educational content

Who is the primary audience of the content?

General audience adults

Who creates the media content?

T(w)eens and adults (in collaboration)

*General audience adults*

Who decides the topic areas of the content?

Both youth and adults (in collaboration)

Where is the content shared?

Broadcast TV Broadcast radio Website YouTube Instagram Facebook Twitter

Directly engaging tweens and teens in local programming

In this project...

We partner with *local organizations* to host programming We partner with *national organizations* to host programming We partner with our *local school district(s)* to host programming

Contact time between youth participants and station staff:

11+ hours

Indirectly engaging youth via educators, professional development, or curriculum

This project indirectly engages youth by partnering with...

Schools Community-based organizations or nonprofits Public departments (e.g., city parks department, local library, etc.)