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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

  • Funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Total publications:0 publications

Grant number: 3R25GM129222-04S1

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2016
    2021

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $11,205

  • Funder

    National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  • Principal Investigator

    PATTI PARSON

  • Research Location

    United States of America

  • Lead Research Institution

    WETA TV 26

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Policies for public health, disease control & community resilience

  • Research Subcategory

    Communication

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Adolescent (13 years to 17 years)

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

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.