PBS NewsHour Health Literacy and Student Reporting Labs: Broad expansion of journalism to increase bioscience literacy in America and support the next generation of biomedical science communicators

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Abstract

PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs will produce a series of high school student journalist virtual interviews with researchers working to understand and fight the COVID19 pandemic. These interviews will highlight the role of student journalism in improving the health STEM literacy of teenagers and the public; connecting students to biomedical and clinical research career pathways and spotlighting the role of health research in education, policy decisions, and civic life. Videos will be edited by Student Reporting Labs youth media producers and published on social media and digital public media platforms to broad audiences of teenagers and adults.

Key facts

NIH application ID
10085898
Project number
3R25GM129222-04S1
Recipient
WETA TV 26
Principal Investigator
Leah Clapman
Activity code
R25
Funding institute
NIH
Fiscal year
2020
Award amount
$11,205
Award type
3
Project period
2016-08-15 → 2021-07-31