After subscribing to a celebrity fashion magazine in the Covid lockdown period, Primary school student Abbie longed for something similar to increase the coverage of women’s sports and Her Way magazine was born.
The young reporter has interviewed and been backed by some of the country’s biggest names in women’s sport, including 11 time Olympic medallist Emma McKeon, gold medal Paralympians(残奥会运动员) Madison de Rozario and Ellie Cole, basketball star Lauren Jackson and more.
Asked how she addresses criticism of women’s sport when her credibility is questioned due to her age, Abbie said she tries to block out the negativity. “Obviously people are allowed to have opinions but people shouldn’t be spreading negativity about women’s sport because it is really good and it deserves more positive attention,” she said. “Women’s sport has only been around for a little while, some games have been going on for years and years like tennis, but some sports are only growing now—the men’s have had hundreds of years to evolve it.”
The junior journalist even covered the Women in Sport awards on Sunday night for Fox Sports, taking over their social media channels for official interviews. “Anytime I am interviewing someone or someone is interviewing me, I am like, ‘This is crazy, out of all the kids in the world it happened to me’,” she said. “I get nervous before an interview every time but I am also just super excited.”
Her Way celebrated its first birthday in September after “exploding” in 2021, with the Year 6 student changing the game when it comes to inspiring new generations of girls in sport by donating $1 from every magazine to UNICEF Australia’s “Empower Girls Through Cricket” appeal.
Abbie has raised over $8,000 so far and was recognised last week at the Women in Sport breakfast, where she was invited to be a guest speaker. “I was worried people weren’t going to take me seriously because I’m only a kid, but all the athletes I’ve chatted to have been amazing,” she said.
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