Hilde Kate Lysiak (pronounced LEE-shak), (born 2006) is an American journalist and author who also publishes a local newspaper, the Orange Street News. She has been interviewed by Sheinelle Jones for The Today Show and by the Columbia Journalism Review. On Saturday April 2, 2016 Lysiak reported on a suspected murder for her newspaper, that caused people on her Facebook page to critique her, because at the time of this story, she was 9 years old. Her response to her critics was picked up by several major media sources such as the Washington Post and The Guardian On June 30 it was announced that she signed a major four book deal with Scholastic.