The Renegade Reporters

By Elissa Brent Weissman

Students uncover a tech company's secret data collection at their school.

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240 pages

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After being ousted from the school news show, Ash and her friends launch The Underground News. They uncover a shocking secret: Van Ness Media is secretly collecting students' personal data. Can Ash expose the truth and protect her peers' privacy before it's too late?

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When Ash gets kicked off her school’s news show, she becomes a renegade reporter–and makes a big discovery about technology and her fellow students’ privacy. Ash and her friends are reporters. They were ready to lead their school news show, The News at Nine, sponsored by Van Ness Media, when an unfortunate incident involving a dancing teacher, an irresponsibly reported story, and a viral video got them kicked off the crew. So Ash, Maya, and Brielle decide to start their own news show, The Underground News. And soon they stumble on a big lead: Van Ness Media, the educational company that provides their school’s software, has been gathering data from all the kids at school. Their drawings, their journals, even their movements are being recorded and cataloged by Van Ness Media. But why? Ash and her friends are determined to learn the truth and report it.

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