Student Reporting Labs

Teens weigh in on future of American political system

By Thaisi Da Silva

In 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.

For readers young and old, YA is A-OK

By Tracy Wholf

Young adult fiction is one of the most successful categories of book sales for the publishing industry today, and authors who've traditionally wrote for an older crowd have begun to dip their pen in YA ink.

What happens when pro athletes disappoint their teenage fans?

By Corinne Segal

Should professional athletes be role models?…

Should our sports heroes also be our role models?

By News Desk

We asked students from around the country: should our sports heroes also be our heroes in real life?…

California school district rewrites menu for student lunches

By PBS News Hour

For children across the country, returning to school means eating mass-produced lunches. But Oakland, California, is implementing an ambitious plan to transform their lunch program to provide healthier, locally-sourced food. Jake Schoneker and his student journalists at Media Enterprise Alliance…

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'It just doesn't add up': Amid Ferguson fallout, students sound off on race in America

By PBS News Hour

Students from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Lab sites around the country weigh in on the events in Ferguson and how the killing of Michael Brown has affected their view of race in America.

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Special needs children find thrills at Texas amusement park

By Annie Shim, Student Reporting Labs

Students from Communications Arts High School in San Antonio, Texas, produced this video. For a lot of Americans, amusement parks are the stuff of wonderful childhood memories, like that moment your stomach drops right before the first plunge in a…

Youth seek solutions as Chicago's violent summer persists

By Thaisi Da Silva, Matt Ehrichs

Since 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.

Journalists and leaders mentor PBS NewsHour's student reporters

By Corinne Segal

This week, 11 middle and high-school students traveled to Washington, D.C. to participate in four days of workshops, visit the White House and interview Col. Steve Parker of the U.S. Army, who leads Joining Forces, an initiative that provides assistance…

In Kansas City, Obama asks Congress to 'stop just hating all the time'

By Kim Chexnayder, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs

Kimberly Chexnayder, a reporter with the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs program, interviewed two local youths who attended President Obama's speech in Kansas City on Wednesday.