WHYY After-School Screening
Category: Documentary
Sex Ed Can’t Wait: How Sex Education is Falling Behind in Our Schools
We originally planned to make this documentary to fulfill our senior project requirement, but it turned into a year-long project filled with learning all about our chosen topic of sex ed. In our documentary, we …
Continue reading »WHYY Spring Break Middle School Journalist: Penn Book Center
After hearing of the announced closing of University City’s independent book store Penn Book Center, WHYY Middle School Journalism students rushed to cover the community’s fight to keep the store afloat. Student reporters Kayla …
Continue reading »WHYY Spring Break Middle School Journalists: Vaccines
The recent alarming outbreak of Mumps at Temple University led our Spring Break Journalism students to use their new skills in reporting, shooting and editing to look deeper into the importance of vaccines. Lucas Fraser, …
Continue reading »WHYY Spring Break Middle School Journalists: Social Media
To kick off our Spring Break Journalism Camp, our Middle School students learned how to shoot and conduct an interview. They brought their new skills out to Independence Mall to ask people on the street …
Continue reading »WHYY Spring Break Middle School Journalists: The 2020 Presidential Election
To kick off our Spring Break Journalism Camp, our Middle School students learned how to shoot and conduct an interview. They brought their new skills out to Independence Mall to ask people on the street …
Continue reading »SEPTA Chronicles: Philadelphians Address Safety and Cost of Public Transportation
Our SEPTA documentary started as a way for us to practice camerawork and editing, but it quickly evolved into an in-depth look into how Philadelphians feel about this essential service within our city. We spent …
Continue reading »Can’t Be Silenced: Philadelphia Youth Hit the Polls
In anticipation of the 2018 Midterm Election, the movement to register eligible voters was growing, especially at Central High School. The voter registration team, led by Mr. Quinn, our civics teacher, was very successful in …
Continue reading »A Second Home for LGBT Youth
Students in WHYY’s after school documentary class spent 4 months researching, interviewing, and editing their findings into this 7-minute piece highlighting the high school LGBT community and the organizations established to support them. “I didn’t …
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