YOUNGSTERS from a primary school had a taste of newsroom life when they visited the News Shopper offices for Local Newspaper Week.
The 10 and 11-year-olds from Red Hill School, Red Hill, Chislehurst, were fascinated was they watched the reporters, sub editors and picture editors putting this week's newspaper together.
The pupils tried their hands at investigative reporting when they asked editor Andrew Parkes some searching questions about the running of the weekly newspaper. Some quick thinking was required by Mr Parkes when Luke Reid, 11, asked if the News Shopper ever made stories up. The answer: “That sort of thing should never happen.”
The easiest question came from Holly McElletton, 11, when she asked him to name his favourite newspaper. It was, of course, the News Shopper.
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