Hildy Changes. Character Change!

Currently I am reading the book Peeled. It is about a young girl named Hildy trying to become a journalist. Hildy wants to write a captivating article to catch the peoples eyes but all people are talking about is the towns ghost. Hildy's late dad always use to tell her that it is really risky to write about something you can't prove. So Hildy tries to prove it. This is such an hard task and Hildy feels as if she should just write any other article about the ghost. But is Hildy going to stay to her roots and remember what her dad told her or is she going to try to get attention for something she is not proud of.
 At the very beginning of the book I thought Hildy had a lot of potential. She tried to please her dad and family. She was a very mature girl that wanted to be good at what she did, which was writing. When Hildy first heard about the ghost she wasn't interested even though it was what everyone was talking about. Sure Hildy wanted the attention but she didn't want to go against  what a real writer would do which was write about something she couldn't prove. I think that's what set aside Hildy from any other characters I have read about. She didn't do anything she could to get what she wanted. Instead she worked harder. She tried to solve the problem by interviewing people. Hildy was a really hard worker, ya she was upset at times when her article was not talked about because of the big ghost ones but that was okay for her because she knew she was writing true things. Hildy really believed in herself.
 But later on in the book you started to see Hildy get weaker. Her confidence started going down. Hildy started to get fustrated because it seem now that nobody cared about the truth. They just wanted to get to the juicy stories. I felt bad for Hildy because no one was paying attention to her. I started to notice that Hildy stared changing. She was now curious to find out about the news and the stories. Almost as if she left all what she was trying to find. I think this new thought in Hildy's mind is going to hurt her as a person. I think this because what made her a strong and good character is that she stuck with what she thought was right. But now it seems as if she is just going into the crowd. I hope Hildy turns around and follows her old direction so that what is working hard on isn't a complete fail.