Hilde Lysiak: Hold On Tight to Your Dreams

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Hilde Lysiak, a nine year old journalist from Selinsgrove, PA, has been shaking the media world. At such a young age she has recently covered a case on a homicide in her neighborhood, enthralling reporters everywhere. Because of this, they have responded with comments claiming that they are disgusted that a child believes she is a “real journalist” and that she should be having tea parties instead. Even their home phone was filled with degrading comments regarding Lysiak’s actions. However, Lysiak didn’t listen to their criticisms and called reporters out for their comments.

One important question I have regarding this situation is: why were reporters trying to stomp out this child’s ambition?

Children are incredibly impressionable and for them to pursue something they love, only to be discouraged and berated is terrible. It staunches their motivation and resides in their memories. Ambitions bloom in childhood because kids are exposed to the world and its endless possibilities. For them to find something they love and cling to crafts motivation and aids them in working toward their dreams.

From how it appears, this girl has ambitions as big as the moon and it is wonderful. Yes, a homicide case might be gruesome for a little girl, but she seemed to have handled it without any trouble. Plus I can imagine that her parents were there watching her interview people and taking photographs and video of the crime scene.

Lysiak has already developed grass-roots sources within her area which in turned helped her gain people’s trust and is a publisher and a reporter of her neighborhood newspaper, “The Orange Street News”.  For this girl to accomplish so much at this age is purely amazing. Even other media outlets like the Pennsylvania Media Association and “Good Morning America” have applauded Lysiak’s efforts.

Why anyone would want to this staunch this girl’s dreams and desires is a crime. Clearly, Lysiak is passionate about journalism and is exercising her admiration for the field. She takes news reporting seriously, so much so that she’s willingly staked out a police station regarding an act of vandalism in her neighborhood.

The utter devotion she pours into her craft and the field is outstanding and by no means should it be trampled upon or looked down on. Rather, it should be encouraged by parents, loved ones, admirers, and media outlets. More power to Lysiak for handling criticism extraordinarily, for pursuing her dreams, for providing people with the truth, and for being herself.

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