Child Reporter's Exploits Resonate With Pair of Female Journalists

An excellent take in Gannett's Cherry Hills Courier Post.

It was a heck of a week for Hilde Kate Lysiak, the nine-year-old Selinsgrove, Pa., reporter who rocked social media with her defense of an April 2 Orange Street News exclusive about a local murder.

On Thursday, she dropped by Good Morning America (with mom) and visited The New York Times newsroom. Friday, the paper returned the favor by writing about her exploits.

Then there’s this weekend’s take from New Jersey newspaper reporter Phaedra Trethan. In the Cherry Hills Courier Post, she starts off by explaining that as a nine-year-old in 1980, she read books that were too mature and watched the nightly news with her mom.

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