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Coastal town prepares youth for changing job prospects caused by rising sea levels

The Southeast CARE Coalition in Newport News, Virginia is training youth about the environmental forces that are changing their home’s physical and economic landscape.

Produced by Djibril Toure’, Ariyail Banks, Zion Harris, Khalil Lancaster, Darius Jones, and Aniya Neal at Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia. Instruction provided by SRL Connected Educator William Huberdeau. Written and edited by Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich and Jordan Vesey of Student Reporting Labs. Station support provided by PBS NewsHour and WHRO. Drone footage courtesy of John Ehlers of the Norfolk Department of Emergency Management.