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UN Convention Twentieth Birthday of Childrens Rights 20th November How young people can challenge negative stereotypes and discrimination by promoting their rights.
What did they do? Children and teachers learnt about journalism to celebrate the twentieth Birthday of UN Convention on the rights of the child. They interviewed the journalist and deputy editor of the Telegraph, Mary Riddell.
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Q1: If someone wears a hoodie outside would you consider them to be a violent teenager?	Q2: Are you planning to write about how children's rights are just as important as an adult's?

Q3: What is the pay of a deputy editor and assistant editor?	Q4: What do you think of people who wear hoods on the streets?

Q5: How did people start to see children in a negative way?	Q6: What do you do to stop people from misjudging children?

Q7: Are children's rights improtant and what do they mean to you?	Q8: What did you do to become a journalist?

Q9: When you edit newspaper articles do you feel scared?	Q10: How can media be used to improve children's image?

Q11: Are you enjoying yourself as a journalist?	Q12: If children didn't have rights what would the UK be like?

Q13: How do you, as a journalist, find out information?	Q14: What qualifications do you need to become a journalist?

Q15: Why do teenagers and adults wear hoods?	Q16:Why are children seen in a negative way?

Q17: What inspired you to create a charity?


Mayor Ahmed and Mary Riddell
A few words from the Mayor	A few words from Mary

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