It’s a sad day when a 9 year old girl can beat adults who have had proper training and a lot more experience. Today is the sad day that Hilde Kate Lysiak awesomely beat many reporters at their own job. In Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, there had been a murder. Hilde Kate Lysiak got a tip from one of the neighbors of the crime scene and went down to investigate. She was the only reporter to arrive. She did her job well, she went door to door to get more coverage and interviewed the cops on the scene as well. That Friday night, she wrote the story, had her father edit and post it on the newspaper website. The next day she interviewed police officers and neighbors again to get full coverage and update her story. She did a full reporter’s job even without the meager salary! Hilde unfortunately received hateful critique on her coverage on Facebook from her town’s citizens. On Sunday, Hilde posted a video that respectfully said, “I know this makes some of you uncomfortable, and I know some of you just want me to sit down and be quiet because I'm 9. But if you want me to stop covering news, then you get off your computer and do something about the news. There, is that cute enough for you?"
This is not the first major story that Hilde Kate Lysiak has covered. Since the past summer she has reported on “…possibly rabid skunk shot dead by police, several acts of vandalism, the many empty storefronts in downtown Selinsgrove and the removal of a Christmas wreath from a building after several years (under the headline 'Christmas Finally over in Grove!').” She has also reported on the arrest of the vandal whose crimes were featured in her earlier coverage. For a 9 year old, Hilde Lysiak does a better job than a lot of adults.
Written by Keira Zirkle
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