Sep 23 Watch 4:03 High-flying flips is the trick to keeping away bad feelings By PBS News Hour In a report from the NewsHour's Student Reporting Labs' teacher boot camp, meet a young man who fights his demons with meditation and high-flying acrobatics called tricking. Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch 4:58 Learning classical guitar helps kids in trouble change their tune By PBS News Hour In Texas, a nonprofit partners with a juvenile justice center to help students finish their high school education by learning classical guitar. Student Reporting Labs special correspondent Kennedy Huff reports for KLRU in Austin. Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 3:03 Young and old learn from each other in Detroit's green space By PBS News Hour Detroit‘s Clark Park has offered young people opportunities to grow and learn from community elders for generations. Student Reporting Labs fellow Evan Gulock took a close look at this vital community asset for Detroit Public Television. Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch 2:39 Running and leaping through life at full speed By PBS News Hour In this video produced by young journalists in the NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs program, Justin Frevert, a parkour artist, explains how the sport has helped him overcome obstacles and embrace life’s challenges. Continue watching
Jun 18 How a 9th-grader's letter to Gwen Ifill inspired an entire school By Corinne Segal This April, Gwen Ifill received a letter that began: “Dear Ms. Ifill, I hope you remember me, but if you do not, my name is Sophie Sabin.” That letter became a catalyst to an inspirational moment for hundreds of middle school… Continue reading
May 07 Watch 6:55 When school safety drills weren't so smooth, these students made a training video By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 22 Watch 4:32 These student whistleblowers spoke up to prevent a shooting By PBS News Hour One year ago, two students in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, began sharing plans to gun down their classmates. They may have gotten away with it had it not been for a group of students who alerted school authorities. Young journalists from NewsHour’s… Continue watching
Apr 20 PBS NewsHour names 18 fellows for inaugural student reporting academy By Thaisi Da Silva This 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. Continue reading
Apr 16 Twitter chat: What does school safety mean to you? By Nora Daly We have asked students, teachers and school administrators to join us as we discuss school safety on Twitter. Continue reading
Apr 10 What I learned when a lockdown drill at our school went wrong By Heather Jancoski We need a general vocabulary across schools -- not only in the valley or the state of Arizona, but the whole U.S. -- so that students have a universal understanding of what to do if an emergency occurs. Continue reading