At-Home Learning
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At-Home Learning was a rapid response learning service for school closures in our local broadcast region. We created an on-air and digital service that was then shared with PBS stations across the country.
Michigan News Group Internship
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WCMU is re-imagining local journalism by creating partnerships with rural newspapers to produce content and at the same time train J students in broadcast, print and internet story telling. We are harnessing the reach of a public radio network and the local strength of community newspapers to provide an outstanding product, remind news consumers about the value of local news, and give small papers much-needed boots on the ground during a time when contractions in the industry are threatening their existence.
STEM Adventures
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When COVID-19 shutdowns wiped out the possibility of our in-person, hands-on SciGirls Summer camp program for 2020, we created a 5-part series of television programs (30 minutes each) focusing on STEM careers and subjects using modified production resources. Not only was the final result available to the young women who would normally have been part of our camp, but it was also available to our entire community through broadcast, cable, online access and supporting partner organizations.
It’s Camp! Virtual Summer Camp
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COVID-19 and the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s orders for social distancing put a damper on traditional kids’ summer camps. PBS39’s “It’s Camp!” brought the best parts of camp into kids’ homes every weekday during the summer of 2020. This 30-minute program for kids ages 9-14 taught science, art, fitness, survival skills, connecting with nature, and more.
Learning Across Kansas
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In March 2020, COVID-19 created a learning crisis across our entire country. The Kansas Department of Education recognized an opportunity to partner with PBS affiliates across Kansas to create shows to limit the “summer slide” for students at the elementary, middle and high school levels. This initiative became known as Learning Across Kansas.
The TIF Illumination Project
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Tax Increment Financing districts (TIFs) divert billions of public property tax dollars from local units of government across the USA annually. This is a secretive and corrupt process that sends public dollars to private developers with virtually no grassroots input or evaluation. This is a national story with unlimited local news hooks. It is part of a larger conversation on local economic development, economic and racial justice, government accountability and crass corruption (or, as we say, in Chicago, “pay to play” politics), and it offers rich opportunities for civic engagement, journalism and and volunteer-driven research.
Take the Mic
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How are young people making sense of the world during our global pandemic and as thousands of citizens take to the streets demanding racial justice and police reform? KNKX’s Take the Mic youth voices series turns the “microphone” over to teens and kids, giving them the opportunity to share their stories during these extraordinary times.
Storytime Radio Hour
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Each Thursday morning at 10 a.m., kids and grown-ups across Alaska’s Southern Kenai Peninsula join local Homer librarian Claudia Haines for an hour of stories, music and movement on the radio. Storytime offers young families a no-cost program to grow early literacy skills, access to high quality books and media and connect with other families while staying safe at home during the pandemic.
Aiding the Southern Nevada Community through COVID-19
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After the governor of Nevada ordered the closure of all schools in the state, Vegas PBS immediately took action. Using the station’s capacity for digital distribution and production, Vegas PBS facilitated at-home learning with curriculum-based programming, provided critical information about COVID-19 and assisted displaced workers with our online workforce training programs.
Student Voices
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Student Voices elevated the voices of young people at a critical moment in America, as we grapple with racism and the devastating effects of the coronavirus on education. Chalkbeat, whose mission is focused on educational equity, told student stories in creative ways and convened virtual gatherings to uplift their insights so people in power can make more informed decisions.
Collaborative journalism: addressing anti-Black racism in a Latinx community devastated by COVID-19
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As our community grapples with the systemic inequalities that have made Cicero a hotspot for COVID-19, the events of June 1 exposed how we can be both victims and perpetrators of racial violence. For this project, Cicero Independiente, a bilingual newsroom, partnered with Cicero residents to document the life-changing events of June 1.
Reimagination
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WYEP’s Reimagination project connects teen musicians with professional mentors to record and produce their own original music. Since 2013, the program has engaged with more than 220 area teen musicians, several of whom became Grammy and Emmy award winners.
Beacons CodeKids
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Twin Cities PBS (TPT) fostered critical STEM learning in Minneapolis Beacons Afterschool Clubs by engaging students, families and educators with an important 21st-century workforce skill: computer science and coding. To add to the fun, TPT invited kids’ favorite PBS KIDS characters to learn along by using the innovative Scratch Jr coding program.
Arkansas AMI
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Arkansas PBS created more than 400 hours of content, 20 hours of original content and 24 lesson plans resulting in more than 300,300 video views – breaking all of our digital platform records – for schoolchildren in Pre-K through 8th grade. This daily and essential educational community service, especially critical for 42% of Arkansans who live in rural areas and may not have access to broadband, included five Arkansas Teachers of the Year as our daily hosts who provided a personal connection and daily routine kids were craving.
New Times, New Tools, New Teaching Virtual Conference
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In the wake of COVID-19, the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) partnered with PBS stations across Kansas to present the New Times, New Tools, New Teaching Virtual Conference to create better teachers. It sold out in two days.
Student Reporting Labs Homegrown Fellowship
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PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs supports high school journalists in the DC/Maryland/Virginia Metro Area through our Homegrown Fellowship. Over six months, students received professional training from video journalists, and by producing broadcast-worthy video news segments, students acquired and honed skills in writing, video production and editing.
WBGO Livestream and Education Hubs
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In response to how the pandemic has changed our lives, WBGO created two new services, The WBGO Livestream Hub and the WBGO Education Hub, to connect our community to opportunities to experience live music safely, give local musicians a no-cost way to message out their online performances and connect area students and musicians for music education opportunities unavailable before the lockdown. We used social media and our community calendar, available to all NPR stations using Core Publisher, and other free tools to build this online resource.
Democracy & Me
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Democracy & Me is an Educational Outreach program developed and managed by Cincinnati Public Radio (dba WVXU). The program was launched in 2015 with the goal of helping schools teach students about our government, their responsibilities as citizens and the importance of journalism in our democracy.
KidVision Healthy Habits Series
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Series of one-minute interstitials (spots) featuring South Florida PBS KidVision’s Miss Penny providing information to families and children about the many changes in their lives due to Coronavirus, from practicing healthy habits to explaining why and how our lives and habits have changed due to the pandemic as well as preparing them for the new protocols they will see when they return to school.
Student Composer Fellowships and Ambassadors
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91Classical is building a bridge between local arts organizations and the future generation of classical musicians. Through the Student Composer Fellowships & Ambassadors program, local students receive invaluable opportunities.