The PBS Digital Summit keynote speaker for 2013- Hari Sreenivasen from PBS NewsHour - discussed Digital Media, Information, and Student Education on Data and the 'Information Diet' http://www.informationdiet.com/ .
PBS News Hour 'Extra' has a story per day with a great explanation for students.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/
Student Reporting Labs
http://youtu.be/TtWB1DLLENo
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/adlibs/