Twelve children from Brooke Hill Primary School and Whissendine CE Primary School have been learning how the news is produced in the East Midlands. TV, radio and online Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ East Midlands' Lynnette Broadley and Sharon Fletcher gave the pupils a tour of the building, including the TV studio and gallery.
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Radio Nottingham's Karl Cooper has introduced the eight and nine-year-olds to live radio broadcasting. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ News Online's Eric Simpson and bbc.co.uk/nottingham's Dan Sinclair have shown the youngsters the fast-paced world of the web and Ceefax. Video journalist Brady Haran has given the children an insight into what it's like working behind the camera. In front of the mic Nine-year-old Hannah says it's been a fascinating experience:
"I've learnt so much. I never realised how much work went into producing the news." Eight-year-old Duncan says the trip has affirmed his interest in journalism: "I'm going to be the next Dominic Heale." Alva has had great fun:
"I was really looking forward to the trip and it's better than I thought it was going to be and it's a wonderful opportunity to be here."
Sam believes the weather presenter's job is the hardest:
"The weather presenter has a really tough job!" Edward agrees. He doesn't fancy being Nicola Beswick:
"It's really confusing with the different tasks she has to complete." Lauren says she feels privileged to be at the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ:
"It's amazing - we're the first kids to come to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Nottingham on a day like this." Back to school The pupils return to their schools on Friday knowing how the news is produced for local TV, radio and the web and know who to contact when they've got their very own breaking news story. | 
