AZPM's Fernanda Echavarri helps a young reporter with her story during the Bear Essential News meeting.Arizona Public Media’s Fernanda Echavarri was the guest journalist at Bear Essential News Young Reporters Night Thursday, September 19 at the Peter Piper Pizza on Broadway.
About 20 kids who are in grades third through eight met at Peter Piper Pizza to share story ideas, meet Echavarri, and eat pizza.
Echavarri shared her experiences as a multimedia journalist for Arizona Public Media. She explained the differences between writing stories for radio, television and web, while encouraging kids to learn as many skills as possible if they want to continue on the journalism path.
Students asked Echavarri about her every day workflow, why she became a journalist and who her favorite superhero was.
Bear Essential News is a newspaper for kids and parents where young reporters publish stories ranging from first-person articles about a family vacation, to the benefits of eating organic foods.
Many kids at Thursday’s meeting have written stories for Bear Essential News, others are working on their first stories and asked Echavarri for advise.
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AZPM is partnering with Bear Essential News on their Young Reporter's program. The Young Reporters Program gives kids in grades 3 through 8 the opportunity to experience journalism firsthand. Through this free program of Bear Essential Educational Services, kids learn the fundamentals of reporting and how to apply them by writing for the "Get the Scoop" section of Bear Essential News for Kids. Visit Bear Essential News for more information on the newspaper and this special program.
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