The media is a tough industry to break into, but these kids are not deterred
The media is a tough industry to break into, but that hasn't stopped Victoria's youngest journalists from keeping their neighbours informed through the coronavirus pandemic., last week as a way to escape the boredom of being in lockdown because of COVID-19.As anyone who starts a new publication can tell you, it hasn't been without its challenges.
Frankie distributed about 70 copies on the Bellarine Peninsula, wearing rollerblades as she made her rounds — an innovation in newspaper delivery surely without equal. "It's quite silly. It's supposed to cheer people up," she said. "I think it was really fun to have a big project to do."Her mother, Jayne Tuttle, owner of The Bookshop at Queenscliff, said having something to focus on had helped Frankie get through "a bit of a slump" while remote learning.
"The kids who were interviewed loved it; it's put a pep in their step — our next-door neighbour too."In Yarraville, the Schofield sisters – Georgia, 11, Kali, 9, and Catherine, 7 – have published two editions of their newspaper,'s most recent edition focused on Premier Daniel Andrews' COVID-19 road map.
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