05 Apr OSN Exclusive: Murder on Ninth Street!

Posted at 18:15h in That's life by

Nine-year-old Hilde Kate Lysiak of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, population 5625, is doing what grown-ups seem to find impossible these days: Reporting the news. About her community. In a timely fashion.

Last Saturday, Lysiak broke the story of a brutal domestic murder a few blocks from her home. Acting on a tip, she rushed to the scene, confirmed the details (minus the identity of the victim, which she withheld out of respect for family members who had not yet heard about the crime), and got the story online, complete with video, hours before the local paper sent out a reporter. Another scoop for the Orange Street News.

As the Washington Post reported, some readers were upset to find a young female journalist dabbling in crime reporting instead of playing with dolls or organizing tea parties. Lysiak posted a cheeky video response to her critics on YouTube.

[Click here if the video down’t appear.]

(Thanks to MC for alerting me to this.)