Reporter, 9, responds to critics of her murder report

A nine-year-old reporter who wrote about a suspected murder in her small Pennsylvania town is defending herself after some locals complained about a young girl covering violent crimes and said she should be playing with dolls.

Hilde Kate Lysiak got a tip last Saturday about something untoward happening in Selinsgrove, 220km northwest of Philadelphia.

She went to the scene to get the details and posted a story and video clip on her website, OrangeStreetNews.com, later that day.