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Students will be making the news on Thursday 11 March.
Twenty Year 9 students will be taking part in the national BBC News School Report - creating their own news bulletins to be shown on the BBC and Academy websites.
In preparation, the students have been investigating stories and acting as real-life reporters for the past couple of weeks.
"It's been a fantastic experience for them," said Performing Arts teacher Darren Thomson, "The children involved had only ever watched television before, but within a fortnight they have learned skills to produce professional news reports from scratch. They have impressed everyone with their outstanding enthusiasm and talent."
Staff from community internet channel AskMK.tv has been working with the students, mentoring and training them how to operate cameras, record sound, research stories, interview and present news reports in preparation for the big day.
The young newshounds have been interviewing staff and students who will be raising money for Sport Relief later this month. They have also grilled local business leaders and have reported on young entrepreneurs who are running their own companies within the Academy.
The Milton Keynes Academy is one of 700 secondary schools across the UK taking part in the BBC News School Report.
Ex-teacher and BBC News presenter, Huw Edwards, is lending his support to the project.
He says: "I'm involved because I want to give young people the chance to make the news themselves, and I want to share the principles of good journalism."
On Thursday 11 March at 2pm the students will be broadcasting their news, covering the stories of the day as well as their special reports.
Update: Click here to view the BBC News School Report page and watch the video
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