Next-Gen Sports Journalists Make Waves Going Viral At Very Young Ages!

Today's kids are built differently! And some of them are ready to take over the world.

Two journalists, who aren't even in high school yet, are making waves in the media with their amazing reporting styles, well-thought out questions and all-around rapport while interviewing celebrities and sports figures.

Jazlyn Guerra is just 13 years old and already has an impressive list of people's she's interviewed. The Bushwick, Brooklyn resident has been interviewing celebrities and sports figures since she was just 9 years old.

In November 2021, Guerra went viral for her interview with rapper Jay-Z. She shares clips of interviews with some big names in entertainment and sports on her YouTube channel and on Instagram.

Her confidence was noticed by Jay-Z. When she asked him for advice for kids about being successful, he told her, "Believe in yourself, even before anyone else believes in you. Gotta have ultimate confidence, like you do. You're very confident. And just believe in yourself."

More recently, she covered the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend, talking to many big stars and NBA players.

While she may look calm, cool and collected during each of her impressive interviews, she told Complex in late 2021 that she sometimes has to give herself a little pep talk ahead of time.

"Before my interviews, while I'm walking up to them, I don't want to get nervous at times, but I have to breathe in and breathe out, and I tell myself, 'Jazzy, you can do the job, you can do it!'" she said. "And then I use that nervousness and I turn it into excitement, and that's how you could see my charisma in my interviews because I'm usually turning my nervousness into excitement."

Jeremiah Fennell, 11, is on his way to an impressive sports journalist career. In fact, he already has one at such a young age. He recently covered the Super Bowl and NBA All-Star Weekend like the pro that he is.

His website shares his story and how he got into sports journalism at such a young age. Determination, drive, and manifestation all play a role in his success. He also has an active Instagram page where he shares photos and videos from his interviews.

According to his website, Fennell's parents referred to him as a "miracle baby."

"His parents were told by several specialists that Jeremiah may be born either prematurely or may even be a stillborn. It was discovered during an amniocentesis that he was missing a gland in his brain (Septum Pellucidum). It was also discovered during several doctors appointments, ultrasounds, and multiple panels of bloodwork that Jeremiah had a detached right clavicle, Other brain abnormalities and possible lack of the ability to hear. He was Breeched during the entire 30 week pregnancy and was born via Cesarean surgery," his website explains.

"He started preschool at the age of 3 years old but was kicked off the program 1 year later due to being too advanced for the curriculum. Jeremiah started showing early signs that not only had he beaten all the odds that were stacked against him at birth but he was truly a gifted child."

At just 2-years-old, Fennell started doing play-by-plays while watching Raiders games on TV. His love of football and commentating the games led him to where he is today. At 4-years-old, he would practice interviewing players and then started to manifest out loud that he will one day work for the Raiders.

When the team was relocated to Fennell's hometown of Las Vegas, it seemed his manifestation was coming to light. He started his YouTube channel in April 2020 doing Raiders postgame highlights.

"Due to his medical issues he’s unable to play contact sports due to the fear of causing seizures and further problems with his cranium. So after playing t-ball, flag football and bitty basketball. He decided to work more on his journalism craft," the website continues.

"On October 8, 2022 Jeremiah became the first journalist to join Sports 4 Free Youthmedia where he was given the opportunity to show the world that all his hard work and countless hours of pretending to interview athletes was not a waste of time."

Guerra and Fennell, the future stars of journalism, have even worked together in the past. They recently shared a video of their time together at the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend.

Popular content creator MD Motivator dropped into the comments to say, "Two 🐐s." Many other fans also left supportive comments for the two young reporters.

"With you two our future is bright ✨," one person wrote. Another added, "The collab we been waiting for 🙌🔥👏! The future is bright!"

We couldn't talk about the future of sports without mentioning Christopher Bess, aka Coach CB. At just 4-years-old, he takes coaching high school basketball very seriously!

Coach CB is the son of Reggie Bess, the Tarboro basketball head coach. Reggie noticed last year that his son was sort of taking over the team and had something special going on.

"To me actually it started kind of a lot last year. I never noticed it because I'm so into the game for us coaching," Reggie told WNCT.

CB is always in basketball mode, watching games at home and giving motivating speeches in the locker room.

"I'm gonna coach my butt off and you're gonna play your butt off," he told the team in the locker room during a pre-game speech.

His Instagram page is taking off with more than 45,000 followers so far. Remember his name!