PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs

Student Journalism Challenge – Coming Fall 2022

Started: 2022

Currently active
Created by our station

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Student Reporting Labs (SRL) Student Journalism Challenge is a contest for students age 13-18 to submit stories about what is happening in school districts and communities, focusing on topics like school board meetings, school safety, how the current education system is or isn’t meeting student needs, and other issues in education that impact high school students. The curriculum and instruction resources support written, video and audio pieces and expert judges will select the top stories in each category.

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 Journalism Life skills, career skills Media literacy Media making Public media Wellness, mental health

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

Yes

Departments involved:

Education Engagement

Partner organizations involved:

XQ Institute

Media and/or educational content

Who is the primary audience of the content?

T(w)eens

Who creates the media content?

T(w)eens and adults (in collaboration)

*T(w)eens

Who decides the topic areas of the content?

Both youth and adults (in collaboration)

Where is the content shared?

Website Podcast Other YouTube Instagram Facebook TikTok Twitter

Directly engaging tweens and teens in local programming

In this project...

We host programming directly for t(w)eens 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:

1-2 hours

Contact time between youth participants and partner orgs:

1-2 hours

Indirectly engaging youth via educators, professional development, or curriculum

This project indirectly engages youth by partnering with...

Schools Community-based organizations or nonprofits

Does this project train educators or run a professional development program?

Yes

Does this project create curricula or educational resources for educators to use?

Yes