9-year-old reporter breaks crime news, posts videos, fires back at critics

[Razgovory]

When I was a kid I had this idea for maybe 3 or 4 months of creating a library-like catalogue of every astronomical object. I guess in retrospect it sounds pretty autistic. 

Well it's clear you never showed interest in medicine, or you would keep misusing that word.

[grumbler]

Classic languish thread:  75+% of posters slam the kid until they find out that what she does is typical of the gifted, and suddenly they used to the the exact same thing at her age! 

[garbon]

I didn't see many people slamming the kid but your mileage may vary.

Also I've yet to see evidence that she is gifted.

[Barrister]

My dad worked in newspapers.  I remember him one day (this was the early 80s, before computers took everything over) a bunch of mock-ups and printed out stories and we played around at laying out the newspaper for the next day.

Much later on he did get me a couple of jobs at the paper, including one where I did streeters - I would interview a person on the street about the topic of the day.  But I was in university, so not really the same as this kid.

[dps]

Obviously you haven't read the anime thread.  Or you think I think watching anime is good for my wallet 

Anime is not fun, so he wouldn't have considered it before making his statement.

Beyond which, I wouldn't touch he anime thread with a 10 foot pole.

[lustindarkness]

Obviously you haven't read the anime thread.  Or you think I think watching anime is good for my wallet 

Anime is not fun, so he wouldn't have considered it before making his statement.

Beyond which, I wouldn't touch he anime thread with a 10 foot pole.

That is one of the threads on this forum I have never clicked.

[CountDeMoney]

You think Mom still has her copy? You could add it to your resumé.

Better yet, I can wrap it around a brick and shove it up your refried beaner ass.

[CountDeMoney]

Classic languish thread:  75+% of posters slam the kid until they find out that what she does is typical of the gifted, and suddenly they used to the the exact same thing at her age! 

She needs to learn the pain of disappointment, and that right quick.

[Jaron]

This girl at 9 years old is everything Tim has tried to be in his ~13 years on Languish.

[lustindarkness]

You think Mom still has her copy? You could add it to your resumé.

Better yet, I can wrap it around a brick and shove it up your refried beaner ass.

Man I missed you.

[Phillip V]

The New York Times has now covered the story, including links to the actual Orange Street News website.

https://orangestreetnews.com/

It is actually consistently updated, so the hobby is not some fad of the girl, and I doubt there are any other news sources devoted to the town.  The NYT article states her paid print readership is 200, which far surpasses CdM's one-time effort.  The girl and her 12-year-old sister (a minor paid columnist among other things) are homeschooled, so that also explains why they have freedom and creativity that have not been crushed.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/us/journalist-9-responds-to-her-critics-and-becomes-a-media-star.html

[CountDeMoney]

The NYT article states her paid print readership is 200, which far surpasses CdM's one-time effort.

Something something market forces.

[Caliga]

When I was young, I built guns shooting projectiles out of anything I had at my disposal, and was executing chess pieces with them. 

I used to build pipe bombs.

[Martinus]

This is possibly the best thread we have had on Languish in weeks if not days.