About Michael
Mike Fritz is a video journalist and producer for the PBS NewsHour.
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Apr 07
AmGrad_PTECHEducation Jan 16
Goodwill develops charters to entice dropouts back to schoolThe Indianapolis mayor's office approved a network of charter schools designed by Goodwill of Central Indiana with the specific intent of enticing dropouts back to the classroom to earn their high school diploma. Known collectively as The Excel Center, the…
Education Jan 09
How one school turned homework on its head with ‘flipped’ instructionWalk the halls of Clintondale High School, just north of Detroit, and the school doesn't appear out of the ordinary. You'd find the typical smells and the sprawling nondescript interior, as well as the persistent challenges confronting many American public…
Education Dec 05
How one school turned homework on its head with ‘flipped’ instructionClintondale High School is the nation's first completely flipped school, meaning teachers record lectures for students to watch online outside of class, and what was once considered homework is now done during classtime, allowing students to work through assignments together…
Nation Sep 17
Life at the ‘Top of the World’At 330 miles above the Arctic Circle, life has never been easy for those brave enough to call Barrow home. The population currently hovers around 5,000 and about half of the residents are native Inupiat Eskimo, indigenous people who have…
Arts Jun 30
Amid Turmoil, an American ‘Prince’ Returns to RussiaBallet star David Hallberg returns to the stage of the famed Bolshoi theatre in Moscow this summer for the first time since an acid attack left Bolshoi artistic director, Sergei Filin, badly burned and nearly blind last January. Hallberg became…
Politics Aug 31
Why Does the Foreign Press Care About U.S. Political Conventions?// For many Americans the conventions are a time to celebrate their political parties' past, present and future. They are usually well-attended by U.S. press, but members of the foreign media come out as well. A reported 15,000 credentialed media…
Education May 17
Florida Journalism Program Gives Students Reason to Stay in SchoolOn Wednesday's NewsHour we introduced you to De'Qonton Davis, an eighth grader from St. Petersburg, Fla. // Davis and his classmates at John Hopkins Middle School examined how violence affects students' ability to learn. They produced a video as part…
Education May 17
Young Journalists at WorkOver the course of reporting a story on a communications magnet program in St. Petersburg, Fla., the NewsHour met many students going through the K-12 "Journeys in Journalism" program. View a slideshow of their work.
Politics Mar 23
Political Animals: Taming Campaign CreaturesA major part of a politician's daily life has always been the ubiquitous photo-op, and besides kissing babies, nothing may be used more than animals to try to highlight the candidate's softer, more human side to the American public. Yet,…