Young reporters get their news on the web (From Echo)

Young reporters get their news on the web

3:00pm Tuesday 16th March 2010 in

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BUDDING reporters took part in a national news reporting day, as part of a BBC-organised event.

Youngsters at Billericay School spent the day sniffing out the best stories to broadcast to a global audience on the internet. Older pupils helped the younger ones to put together video news reports which were shown on the internet.

The reports, which were all submitted for a 4pm deadline, and touched on topics including a recent school trip to the Auschwitz death camp, a fundraising drive for the Haiti earthquake appeal, and the appearance of a giant litter sculpture in the school playground.

The pupils also got the chance to work with the latest video editing software, and blue-screen technology, which allowed them to superimpose the BBC’s famous News at Ten studio behind them.

It was part of the annual BBC’s News School Report day, which encourages 11 to 14-year-olds to produce stories which are broadcast for from the corporation’s school website.

Charlotte Berry, assistant headteacher, said she was proud of how well the Year 11 media pupils had helped their Year 7 counterparts.

She said: “It was very hectic and they had even had to work through their lunch to finish their reports. I told them they might have to get used to that if they wanted a career in journalism!”