When I was 12 years old, I saw a news reporter by my house covering a story about a serious car crash. After they finished reporting, I approached the reporter and began to ask questions. I was curious about their job, their equipment, and how they did their jobs. Since then, I knew that I wanted to cover news and be a reporter. I eventually got an iPhone, which made me able to film and take pictu
res while covering stories. I began to follow police officers throughout the city, going to numerous calls, and covering news. I was filming crime scenes, car crashes, and house fires. I was so excited about my new passion, that I even went to local recreation centers trying to get kids to do what I was doing. One of my first big scenes was in October of 2016, I was 14 years old. I was just riding my bike waiting for something to come in, when I heard on the police scanner a report of shots fired. I was nervous at first about going, but then I saw all the police cars rushing to the scene. I decided to go. As I got to the scene of the shooting, I was getting footage, when I noticed this guy taking pictures of me. I introduced myself, and he introduced himself. His name was John, he was a reporter with the Democrat and Chronicle. John began to ask me questions and asked how I covered all the stories I do. After talking to him for a little bit, we parted ways and I went about my day. Then, two days later, John posted a story about me in the Democrat and Chronicle. The story was about me being the youngest journalist in Rochester. I was excited, my work was being seen by not only the few fans I had at the time, but by other reporters. But with the article being released, thousands of people saw the article. I began to get phone calls, emails, and people were congratulating me on my drive to report the news. That was when the GSL News began.
The official account of The GSL News an unbiased news source that’s fast, reliable and trustworthy I already had a bike, all I needed was something to film.
