Student good news reporters get top tips from journalist at newspaper where Jill Dando learnt her trade

By Jill Dando News

Jill Dando News Reporters got tips from a real life journalist, Charlie Williams from the Weston Mercury – the same paper where Jill started her career.

Charlie told reporters what it was like to be a journalist and answered questions on a range of topics including what shorthand is like and how to find a good story.

Jill Dando News had just celebrated five years of children and young people finding and writing good news in Jill’s memory and publishing them across the world.

In the five years, they have interviewed the prime minister three times, Fiona Bruce from the BBC, a NASA astronaut and many many more.

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Since its beginnings, well over 100 young people across many schools have been writing good news to cheer up the world, and train up positive journalists of the future.

Questioned by Jill Dando News reporters

It even opened up its first centre in Malawi, Africa. 

Principal Jacqui Scott said: “It was lovely to meet Charlie and our students really enjoyed putting their questions to him.”

In 1999, 37 year old, Jill Dando was BBC TV’s Golden Girl, the kind and smiling face of Britain, loved by millions. 

In that same year on April 26th her life was tragically cut short but her memory lives on through a fantastic initiative started at Jill’s old school, Worle Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.

In 2017, students started Jill Dando News as a lasting and expanding tribute to her refreshingly positive style of journalism.

WCSA student Olivia Finch at aged 12 years old became the first Jill Dando reporter.

Jill Dando reporters have also delivered their own pieces to BBC TV, and appeared live representing the UK on ITV’s Good Morning Britain.

Numbers have expanded to over 100 students aged 8 to 18 in schools across The Priory Learning Trust.

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