Roving reporter goes interstate to cover Speedcubing AusNats2023

Taking out the primary sports video category, SA’s Franklin Oliver, a Year 5 student at Gilles Street Primary School, said he was “shocked” by his win.

The roving* reporter, 11, travelled to Queensland for the Speedcubing AusNats2023 and said he “knew it would be such a good topic” for the Junior Journalist competition because “so many other news stations were talking about it.”

Franklin’s secret weapon was preparing in advance and equipping himself for the job.

“After I recorded, I stitched together all the clips and beforehand I had gotten a really good deal on a microphone,” he said. “It was really good, it basically blocks out all other noise except for the voices that are actually speaking.

“I edited it over a couple of days of work. I’ve edited a lot of things for school projects and generally videos.”

Franklin’s biggest challenge was one every reporter knows well: “Making the effort to actually go out there and do it and find people to interview that were willing,” he said.

WATCH FRANKLIN’S WINNING VIDEO