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BBC Young Reporter Competition 2023
An opportunity for 11-18 year olds in the UK to submit an original story idea and report it with the BBC.
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BBC Young Reporter Competition 2023
An opportunity for 11-18 year olds in the UK to submit an original story idea and report it with the BBC.
What is BBC Young Reporter?
Find out more about the journalism and media project for 11-18 years - an opportunity to develop skills and share their stories.
Working in media and journalism
Bitesize Careers advice and information about working in broadcast, including Q&A expert panels.
Share Your Story with BBC Teach
Join Naga Munchetty, Lindsey Russell and Lemn Sissay for storytelling top tips in this BBC Teach Live Lesson.
Make the headlines with BBC iReporter
Play the role of a journalist with the BBC iReporter "choose-your-own-adventure" style interactive game.
Behind the BBC brands
We've gone behind the scenes of some of the most popular BBC brands to find out which goes into creating their content and the job roles and skills involved.
Listen to latest episodes of 'Hear Me'
Living in lockdown, having a parent in prison and street sexual harassment are stories explored in this podcast by young people about growing up in UK today.
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BBC Young Reporter Competition 2023
An opportunity for 11-18 year olds in the UK to submit an original story idea and report it with the BBC.
What is BBC Young Reporter?
Find out more about the journalism and media project for 11-18 years - an opportunity to develop skills and share their stories.
Working in media and journalism
Bitesize Careers advice and information about working in broadcast, including Q&A expert panels.
Share Your Story with BBC Teach
Join Naga Munchetty, Lindsey Russell and Lemn Sissay for storytelling top tips in this BBC Teach Live Lesson.
Make the headlines with BBC iReporter
Play the role of a journalist with the BBC iReporter "choose-your-own-adventure" style interactive game.
Behind the BBC brands
We've gone behind the scenes of some of the most popular BBC brands to find out which goes into creating their content and the job roles and skills involved.
Listen to latest episodes of 'Hear Me'
Living in lockdown, having a parent in prison and street sexual harassment are stories explored in this podcast by young people about growing up in UK today.
What is BBC Young Reporter?
Find out more about the journalism and media project for 11-18 years - an opportunity to develop skills and share their stories.
Working in media and journalism
Bitesize Careers advice and information about working in broadcast, including Q&A expert panels.
Share Your Story with BBC Teach
Join Naga Munchetty, Lindsey Russell and Lemn Sissay for storytelling top tips in this BBC Teach Live Lesson.
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Video caption: Ruby and Tillie are concerned there is only one career path open to them BBC Young Reporter Competition regional winners Ruby and Tillie say young people in Jersey are pushed towards a life in finance.
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Video caption: Naomi has been coping with the impact of Covid since the start of the pandemic BBC Young Reporter Competition regional winner Naomi shares her story about how Covid has changed her life.
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BBC Young Reporter
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Video caption: Oxford FA female referee explains importance of representation A 14-year-old female referee has opened up about the challenges she's faced getting into the sport.
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Video caption: The town will be granted the status after it was suggested by local young people. The town will be granted the status after it was suggested by local young people.
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Video caption: 'Young carers are often forgotten about’ Éireann, 16, cares for her dad who has arthritis and lost his hip after a workplace accident.
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Video caption: Young reporter Jaipal shares her family's happy surrogacy journey. Young reporter Jaipal shares her family's happy surrogacy journey to try and dispel any negativity surrounding the issue.
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Video caption: Dyscalculia: ‘Numbers look like a foreign language to me’ BBC Young Reporter Rose, 18, explains how she navigates life with dyscalculia, a maths learning difficulty.
By Bethany
BBC Young Reporter
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Video caption: One of the winners of the BBC Young Reporter Competition 2022 is revealed. Huw Edwards and Alex Jones reveal one of the national winners of the BBC Young Reporter Competition 2022 on The One Show.
By Rosalind Skillen
BBC Young Reporter
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Video caption: Climate change: Fungi's importance to New Forest revealed BBC Young Climate Change Reporter Katy Porter looks at how fungi is vital to the future of the New Forest.
By Erin Osgood
BBC Young Reporter
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Video caption: Taking pebbles from the beach 'disrupts nature' £1,000 fines can be issued for removing pebbles from the coastline.
By Chloe Blissett
BBC Wales young reporter
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Video caption: BBC Young Reporter: The River Lugg pollution problem Young Reporter Georgia Helme investigates the impact of pollution in the River Lugg.
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Video caption: What can we do about the problem of soft plastics? What solutions are there to soft plastic waste? BBC Young Reporter Molly Finlay explores the issue.
