PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs
PBS NewsHour and Local Station Youth Broadcast
Started: 2009
- Currently active
- Created by our station
PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) regularly partners with the nightly broadcast of the PBS NewsHour and PBS-affiliates across the country to showcase student-produced video news reports and content from a teen perspective. Recent topics include gun violence and mass shootings, the impact of teacher shortages, representation in pop culture, Ken Burns on grief and youth mental health, transgender student identity, and more. Take a look at the over 100 student-produced video news reports that have aired on the broadcast: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/tag/student-reporting-labs.
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
Media literacy
Media making
Music, art
Public media
Science, technology
Wellness, mental health
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Is this project considered part of the station's journalism work?
Yes
Departments involved:
Education
Newsroom
Production (TV/Radio)
Engagement
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
Website
YouTube
Instagram
Facebook
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
Contact time between youth participants and station staff:
3-10 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...
Community-based organizations or nonprofits Schools Curriculum or content distributors (e.g., PBS Learning Media)
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