Hilde Lysiak
The South Bayview Bulldog is taking a moment to salute The Orange Street News in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. That’s where nine-year-old Hilde Kate Lysiak is editor, publisher, cleaner and quite possibly night watchman too. The enterprising girl got wind recently of a heavy police presence on Ninth Street so she legged it over there and soon had the story. There had been a homicide of all things. Hilde dashed home and posted a bulletin to the Orange Street News. Then she went to work with sister Isabel (the photo and video editor) and talked to police and neighbours to publish a five-star takeout on the crime. Apparently some fuddy duddies in Selinsgrove are upset. They think Hilde should be playing with dolls. Her Facebook page and YouTube channel were clogged with negative comments questioning her parents’ judgment in letting her do such work. Says Hilde: “It kind of gets me angry because just because I’m nine doesn’t mean I can’t do a great story,” she said. “It doesn’t mean I can’t be a reporter.” Hilde’s dad is Matthew Lysiak, a former reporter for the New York Daily News.
