Young Reporter NI

Young Reporter is a journalism project for students aged 11 to 18. You make and upload your own news reports to your school website and the BBC will link to them. For more information contact: [email protected]

Read the winning story from our news writing competiton here.

Young Reporter Matthew speaks to Linfield youth goalkeeper David, who has had trials with Manchester United, and Linfield coach Darren Murphy. Matthew asks whether they feel a talented young footballer can realise their potential in Northern Ireland.

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Our Young Reporter reflects on her journey with alopecia – how she felt when her hair all fell out and why she feels thankful to have the condition. Kacey also shares some of the reactions she has received, including a stranger praying for her in a shop.

Past pupil Carl Frampton was back in Glengormley High School and Young Reporters pulled no punches when they got the opportunity to speak to him.

Since the UK went into lockdown it has affected everyone differently. Here’s what four young people and a group of young refugees have been getting up to since the coronavirus pandemic completely changed their lives.

Deaghlan, 16, left his family behind in South Africa and moved to Northern Ireland to pursue his dream of becoming a journalist. Now because of lockdown he doesn't know when he will next see his parents.

Wikoria, 15, wasn't tested for coronavirus, but given her symptoms, and the fact that three members of her household tested positive, she is sure she too got the virus.

Sisters Aoife and Caoimhe share their experience of changing schools in lockdown and discuss what it's like now being pupils of a school they have never attended in person.

12-year-old James reflects on what it was like losing his grandad to coronavirus. He describes how difficult it was to not be able to have a Mass for him, and how he had to stand outside the cemetery when his grandad was being buried.

11-year-old Ellen has written a poem reflecting on what lockdown has been like for her and her fellow P7s. "The Class of 2020: The Rainbow Year."

Children from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales discuss how they feel about the fact that, unlike kids in England, they are not returning to primary school yet.

Young reporters across Northern Ireland have produced stories on many topics: From tackling plastic pollution, getting the mic on the next big musician, to how Brexit may affect them. Check out their reports here and get inspired to make your own!

Discover what young people are reporting on around the UK.