Lesson 1

Vocabulary

1. Match the words to the definitions.

1. reporter c. a person who collects and tells the news for newspapers, radio or TV.
2. photographer f. a person who takes photographs, as a job or hobby.
3. interview h. to ask someone questions.
4. newsreader e. someone who reads reports on a TV news programme.
5. broadcast g. to send out a programme on TV or radio.
6. source b. the place something comes from or starts at.
7. search engine a. a computer program that searches the internet for information.
8. editor d. a person who is in charge of a newspaper or magazine.

Reading

2. Read the three news stories quickly. Match the headings to the stories.

1. Facts – do they matter? C
2. School Report? B
3. Where do you get your news? A

3. Read the news stories again. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?

1. Most people still get their news from the TV and newspapers. F
2. The writer of text A doesn’t think that we should believe everything we read. T
3. Students learned to create a news story together. T
4. It was possible to watch the students’ news reports on TV and online. T
5. News stories should only have facts in them. F

4. Read the stories again and answer the questions.

1. What did the School Report project want students to do? It wanted them to create a school news website and a news report.
2. What happened to some of the videos the students made?They were broadcast on local television and uploaded to the news website.
3. Why are some experts worried about where we get our news from? They fear that we might accept some unreliable news stories as facts.
4. What is the difference between facts and opinions? Facts can be checked, but opinions are the points of view held by a writer.

5. Discuss these questions in pairs.

3. How can you check the facts in an article? look at the source including the date and the pictures. Ask other people. Look at other news sources and compare the story.