【明報專訊】Hilde Lysiak, an 8-year old American girl living in Pennsylvania (賓夕法尼亞州), has published her own newspaper Orange Street News (《橙街新聞》), which has more than fifty subscribers who shell out US$2 (around HK$15.6) for a year's subscription.

Hilde is the daughter of a former New York Daily News reporter, and the news business runs in her blood. While her father has agreed to do the typing, formatting and printing of Orange Street News, Hilde is responsible for all the reporting, writing and photography.

Hilde was soon showing up at borough council meetings by herself and biking around her 5,300-person town in search of breaking news. The biggest scoop she has uncovered so far is a tale about a barking dog breaking up a home burglary. "I asked for the address at the police station, and they wouldn't give it to me," Hilde said. "But I knocked on every block until I found the right one."

Hilde did not dream of becoming a reporter of any newspaper. "I don't want to work for another paper," said Hilde. "I want to have my own." Now living in a small town, Hilde wished to move to a big city like New York. "There's actually real news there - murders, crime," said Hilde. "The hardest thing about my paper is trying to get news." (source: Ming Pao, New York Daily News)

■Photo story

Hilde Lysiak has published her own newspaper Orange Street News. The four-page paper is named after Hilde's street.

■Words

subscription 訂購

breaking news 突發新聞

scoop 搶先報道

■Quiz

Choose the correct answers.

(answers on next text)

1. Which newspaper did Hilde work for?

a. New York Daily News

b. Daily Mail

c. None of the above

2. Who takes photos for Orange Street News?

a. Hilde

b. Hilde's father

c. Hilde's next-door neighbours

3. What is the meaning of "breaking up" in paragraph 3 ?

a. supporting

b. stopping

c. continuing

4. Why does Hilde want to move to a big city?

a. because she likes New York the most.

b. because her newspaper does not sell in Pennsylvania.

c. because she thinks she is likelier to find big news in a big city.

■Glossary

shell out (phr v) 付款

format (v) 為……編排格式

uncover (v) 揭露

burglary (n) 爆竊