Renee Hobbs offers a session entitled, "Kids Who Produce News Become Better Citizens." She describes brand new empircal research findings that demonstrate how, for students enrolled in a video production course in high school, a positive attitude about news and journalism, media literacy competencies, and experience in video pre-production all contribute to high levels of civic engagement.
The program feature students and teachers participating in the PBS Student Reporting Labs, a media literacy initiative that empowers students as young reporters in collaboration with their local PBS affiliate. Leah Clapman of PBS MacNeil/Lehrer New Hour and Gil Garcia of Austin High School join this event. The SXSW EDU conference offers compelling presentations and informative
sessions from education professionals, industry leaders, and policy
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