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