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For one day only schoolchildren from across the county will be 'leading the news'.

Eleven schools are taking part in 大象传媒 News School Report - an annual event - on Thursday 26 March.

The aim is to get young people interested in the news and give them the chance to set the news agenda for the day.

Interviewing Cllr Graham Chapman

On TV

Seven students from Top Valley School and Engineering College, aged 11-13 have been working with mentors from 大象传媒 East Midlands to become journalists, cameraman and editors.

The 大象传媒 has put them through their paces - screen testing them in the 大象传媒 TV studios in Nottingham, giving them the chance to try out weather presenting and taking them out into city to talk to people on the streets.

On Thursday 26 March two students will be presenting part of East Midlands Today and the students' films will also feature in the programme:

On radio

Year 8 pupils at the Joseph Whitaker School will be reporting for 大象传媒 Radio Nottingham.

The Nottinghamshire schoolchildren have been practising with the latest digital equipment and will make a series of audio reports to be broadcast on the day. The secondary school pupils have decided to focus on two issues:

Online

News reports will also be posted on the eleven school websites throughout the day.