BBC School Reporters meet Riddhi Jha!

From Left to Right: Corey, Jenisha, Bhavina, Priya, Urja, Riddhi Jha, Miss. Baldwin, Amandeepkaur, Helly, Monik, Sachin.

Alperton BBC School Reporters were extremely excited to meet the Associate Producer of India's Daughter  last week and showed excellent enthusiasm and dedication throughout her visit. 

Riddhi Jha, who has worked for The Great British Bake Off as well as Channel 4's Why Don't You Speak English? received worldwide recognition with the documentary India's Daughter. The documentary which was banned from India dealt with the horrific rape and death of Jyoti Singh and involved interviews with the rapists themselves. It raises some interesting views on the differences between men and women and what is deemed as acceptable and shameful within society. 

Our Alperton Reporters were given this topic and committed their time and effort to making sure they thoroughly researched before they interviewed Riddhi Jha. The questions that they posed were intelligent and thought provoking  and it was extremely admirable to see some students, who are normally quite reserved, come out of their shell. 

We also had a visit from a member of the BBC who commented on how the students were so enthralled and clearly showed promise in a career in journalism. 

The students are working on their articles post visit and will be posting this soon. 

Miss Baldwin.