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Education Mar 01
PBS NewsHour names 20 fellows for summer student reporting academyThis summer, 20 talented young storytellers from 11 states will gather in the nation’s capital to help build the future of public media.
Education Apr 20
PBS NewsHour names 18 fellows for inaugural student reporting academyThis summer, 18 talented young storytellers from 11 states will convene in the nation’s capital with a common objective: to help build the future of public media.
Education Mar 16
Millennials ‘confused, appalled’ by racist fraternity videoThe nine-second video featuring members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the University of Oklahoma singing a racist chant has sparked anger and confusion for many millennials across the country. Students held protests on campuses and took to social…
Education Nov 04
Youth reporters investigate how minimum wage, gender and social media affect politicsAs Democrats and Republicans seek out the young adult vote PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs looked at issues surrounding elections in their home states, from a bill on the minimum wage in Arkansas to the role of gender and social…
Education Nov 04
Teens weigh in on future of American political systemIn October, the PBS NewsHour's Extra team sent an anonymous online questionnaire about politics to 80 schools in the Student Reporting Labs network, which trains middle and high school students in video journalism. Here's what they had to say.
Nation Aug 26
Youth seek solutions as Chicago’s violent summer persistsSince the summer of 2012, when the city recorded the nation's highest homicide count, shootings have become a large part of an ongoing discussion about relations between the police and residents, neighborhood safety and gun control legislation.
World Aug 21
Malala hopeful that Pakistan will move past violence to a stronger democracySeventeen-year-old education activist and Pakistani native Malala Yousafzai says now is not the right time for anti-government protests in her home country, adding that the current government should be allowed to complete a five-year term to accomplish its big goals.
Education Apr 21
Student reporters honored as #NextGen public media producersWhat do an eighth grade news anchor from Newark, N.J., a three-time student Emmy winner from Michigan and Montana's Journalist of the Year scholarship winner all have in common? These students, along with eight other youth journalists from across the…
Nation Mar 03
Quiz: How well do you know notable women?To commemorate the contributions of women both past and present, the PBS NewsHour has created a quiz to test your knowledge about notable women.
Science Feb 26
Do dogs feel shame? You may be surprisedScientists say dogs don’t really feel shame. The “guilty” look is really an attempt to change your response to them.
