12 year old Hilde Kate Lysiak makes inspirational commencement speech

12 year old Hilde Kate Lysiak makes inspirational commencement speech12 year old Hilde Kate Lysiak makes inspirational commencement speechHilde Kate Lysiak, the editor and founder ofOrange Street News, gave the West Virginia University commencement speech for the Reed College of Media graduation on May 10. Lysiak never went to college, which isnt unlike many speakers at ceremonies happening around the nation each May.Unlike many commencement speakers, Lysiak hasnt been to college because shes been busy completing the sixth grade and running a news website as a 12-year-old reporter.Orange Street News, founded in 2014, serves Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania and wherever elseLysiak travels.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreIn her address, Lysiak provided advice on how to be a good reporter as though shes a seasoned vet, which she kind of is. At 9-years-old, Lysiak gained national attention when she was the first to report about a homicide in her hometown.She made headlines again in February when she got into a confrontation with an Arizona marshal who threatened to arrest her for filming him while he was on duty, according to the Associated Press.Lysiak addressed the concerns that she imagined some of the soon-to-be-graduates were probably having at that very moment.First, let me address a few thoughts that Im sure are going through many of your heads right now, Lysiak said. Im $80,000 in debt and my school cant even afford a full-grown human to give the commencement speechis this some kind of scam?Lysiak started off cracking jokes, but her tone turned serious fast.It seems that everywhere we turn we see bad news about the news,Lysiak said. A week doesnt go by where someone doesnt tell me that I shouldnt just find another jobone with a future.The reporter knew she had some wisdom to shed, so she didnt hold back.As someone who developed a devoted readership that spans all across the world, I have a few ideas on how we can create a bridge to the future,Lysiak said.Advice for journalists from a 12-year-old reporter1. Keep your ledes tight.2. Talk to real people.3. Trust no one.4. Get away from your desk.5. Always bring a pencilpens stop working when it gets cold outside.6. Dont forget who you work for. (The public)7. Ignore the comments.8. Dont forget a reporters superpower. (Fact and truth)9. Dont mix politics and reporting.Lysiak urged that the future reporters in WVUs 2019 class stay laser-focused to the truth.The crisis we are facing is one of trust,Lysiak said. People dont trust what theyre reading anymore.As a typical member of a younger generation, she blamed the generation that came before her for the lack of trust in the news media.Youre inheriting a world where people are more increasingly only talking to themselves or to people who already think the same way,Lysiak said.She also asked some pretty big questions to the class of 2019.Witho ut new information, how can people grow?Lysiak tasked the soon-to-be grads, and herself, with the duty of restoring the publics trust in reporters.If you do these things, I believe that history will look back on this moment not as the belastung dark days when the reporter profession or journalism died, but as the new beginning when this generation, the class of 2019, didnt just save the news, but ushered it into a new golden era of fact-based information that shines a light so bright it touches every corner of the globe, Lysiak said.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people