The Renegade Reporters - Elissa Brent Weissman

Category: Children, Detective
Language: English
Keywords: Baltimore Responsible Technology

Written by Elissa Brent Weissman
Read by Keylor Leigh
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Books on Tape
Release date: August 10, 2021
Duration: 05:20:00

When Ash gets kicked off her school’s news show, she becomes a renegade reporter—and makes a big discovery about technology and her fellow students’ privacy.

Ash and her friends are reporters. They were ready to lead their school news show, The News at Nine, sponsored by Van Ness Media, when an unfortunate incident involving a dancing teacher, an irresponsibly reported story, and a viral video got them kicked off the crew. So Ash, Maya, and Brielle decide to start their own news show, The Underground News. And soon they stumble on a big lead: Van Ness Media, the educational company that provides their school’s software, has been gathering data from all the kids at school. Their drawings, their journals, even their movements are being recorded and cataloged by Van Ness Media. But why? Ash and her friends are determined to learn the truth and report it.

“Weissman develops the rivalry and lunchroom shenanigans well against a Baltimore backdrop with recognizable local details. If a few sensational plot twists require some suspension of disbelief, the triumphant conclusion makes a solid case for kids’ digital literacy.”—Publishers Weekly