She's tired of politics and news - Youth Journalism International
Abigail Goodman/YJI Ebeltoft, DENMARK – When I was eight years old, on no important day in particular, my dad and I sat in his van with the radio running. It was then that one of my most memorable childhood moments began. Hooked on news The voices of passionate politicians and coldly unattached broadcasters filled the space as my dad patiently explained what they were arguing about. I learned what a recession was, and, vaguely, how an election worked. I may not have grasped why or how all this was going on, but I understood that it affected everyone’s money, my dad’s job and therefo...