Students may choose any topic that relates to current events. That includes information about COVID-19, the Pandemic, Black Lives Matter, mental health, physical health, the environment, climate change, medicine, and/or any topic that is current and relevant.
sources:
https://www.pbs.org/
https://www.npr.org/
https://www.bbc.com/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
For more information about publicly funded media broadcasting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_broadcasting_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_broadcasting