Skip to main content

Meet Our Kid Reporters

This year’s TFK Kid Reporters were chosen from more than 200 applicants. The crew will report on local and national news for TIME for Kids. Here are some fun facts about our new reporters. Check out timeforkids.com to read about their hometown heroes. Be sure to check our site in March, to learn how to be a Kid Reporter next year.

Line Break

Name Abby Rogers

Age 10

Home Lahaina, Hawaii

Abby likes to free-dive in the ocean. Her pet peeve is single-use plastic.

Line Break

Name Afton Campbell

Age 12

Home Surprise, Arizona

Afton loves playing the piano and cooking. She enjoys reading, too, and aspires to be an author.

Line Break

Name Donnell Meekins

Age 10

Home Carson, California

Donnell likes board games and playing the drums. He hopes he will get to interview Beyoncé.

Line Break

Name Jeremy Liew

Age 12

Home Riverdale, Connecticut

Jeremy enjoys making movies and performing magic tricks. He knows how to code.

Line Break

Name Kyle Romain

Age 11

Home New Orleans, Louisiana

Kyle spends his free time playing video games and basketball. He wants to be a scientist.

Line Break

Name Miguel Madero

Age 10

Home San Antonio, Texas

Miguel likes to build things with Legos and all kinds of materials. He looks up to Albert Einstein.

Line Break

Name Pranav Mukhi

Age 10

Home South Setauket, New York

Pranav’s prized possession is his 3D printer. In his free time, he enjoys swimming.

Line Break

Name Rory Hu

Age 10

Home Cupertino, California

Rory collects sticks and rocks. She loves the musical Hamilton, and is currently writing a novel.

Line Break

Name Sophia Hou

Age 11

Home Short Hills, New Jersey

Sophia likes to grow vegetables in her garden and swim. She hopes to interview Jane Goodall.

Line Break

Name Victoria Hanson

Age 10

Home Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania

Gymnastics is Victoria’s favorite thing. She couldn’t live without a trampoline.

Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly noted Jeremy Liew's hometown as Riverdale, rather than Riverside, Connecticut.

Paired Text

Community

TFK Kid Reporters: Meet Victoria

September 29, 2020

Meet Victoria Hanson, one of the 10 outstanding kids selected to be a TFK Kid Reporter this school year. Victoria is 10 years old and lives in Chadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania. Gymnastics is Victoria’s favorite activity—she says she couldn’t live…

Audio

Community

TFK Kid Reporters: Meet Jeremy

September 29, 2020

Meet Jeremy Liew, one of the 10 outstanding kids selected to be a TFK Kid Reporter this school year. Jeremy is 12 years old and lives in Riverside, Connecticut. He enjoys making movies and performing magic tricks. Finalists in the…

Audio

Community

TFK Kid Reporters: Meet Donnell

September 21, 2020

Meet Donnell Meekins, one of the 10 outstanding kids selected to be a TFK Kid Reporter this school year. Donnell is 10 years old and lives in Carson, California. Donnell likes board games and playing the drums. As a TFK…

Audio

Community

TFK Kid Reporters: Meet Sophia

September 21, 2020

Meet Sophia Hou, one of the 10 outstanding kids selected to be a TFK Kid Reporter this school year. Sophia is 11 years old and lives in Short Hills, New Jersey. She likes to grow vegetables in her garden, and…

Audio

Community

TFK Kid Reporters: Meet Abby

September 15, 2020

Meet Abby Rogers, one of the 10 outstanding kids selected to be a TFK Kid Reporter this school year. Abby is 10 years old and lives in Lahaina, Hawaii. She likes to free-dive in the ocean, and her biggest pet…

Audio

Community

TFK Kid Reporters: Meet Miguel

September 15, 2020

Meet Miguel Madero, one of the 10 outstanding kids selected to be a TFK Kid Reporter this school year. Miguel is 10 years old and lives in San Antonio, Texas. He loves to build things with Legos and looks up…

Audio

Community

TFK Kid Reporters: Meet Kyle

September 8, 2020

Meet Kyle Romain, one of the 10 outstanding kids selected to be a TFK Kid Reporter this school year. Kyle is 10 years old and lives in New Orleans, Louisiana. He spends his free time playing video games and basketball,…

Audio

Community

TFK Kid Reporters: Meet Rory

September 8, 2020

Meet Rory Hu, one of the 10 outstanding kids selected to be a TFK Kid Reporter this school year. Rory is 10 years old and lives in Cupertino, California. She loves the musical Hamilton and hopes one day to interview…

Audio

Community

TFK Kid Reporters: Meet Afton

September 1, 2020

Meet Afton Campbell, one of the 10 outstanding kids selected to be a TFK Kid Reporter this school year. Afton is 12 years old and lives in Surprise, Arizona. She loves to cook and play the piano. Afton also enjoys…

Audio

Community

TFK Kid Reporters: Meet Pranav

September 1, 2020

Meet Pranav Mukhi, one of the 10 outstanding kids selected to be a TFK Kid Reporter this school year. Pranav is 10 years old and lives in South Setauket, New York. He loves to swim and hopes to interview Olympian…

Audio

More from Community