Your newspaper might not have a kid's section, Bassetlover. If not, then your daughter would have to start it. If you could find a newspaper from another town that has a kid's section, you could submit that with your daughter's letter (and her writing samples) to show what you/she had in mind. If not, just a description of what she'd like to do would probably be sufficient.
Just remind her that everything she writes is going to be part of what they judge her on. It's all they'll know about her, so professionalism is vital. (Not to encourage perfectionism, but I suspect it's a longshot that they'd take her on even if she's a writing prodigy. Any little error will make it that much less likely.)
