Методические указания для студентов специальности "Журналистика" (английский язык). Палагина С.С - 17 стр.

     Unit III

     7 Lesson

     7.1 Look through the text and change the order of the questions according
to the logical structure of the text. Answer them

     What is the difference between investigative reporters and stringers?
     How are news reports from various countries transmitted to newspaper offices?
     What may a general assignment reporter do?
     What papers can afford to have foreign correspondents?
     What techniques do reporters use to gather information for their stories?
     What job may stringers for big-city newspapers have?
     What types of particular buildings are visited by speciality reporters?
     What particular subjects can speciality reporters cover?

     7.1.1Text. How newspapers are produced

      Gathering the news is the first step in the production of a newspaper. A paper
gets the news it prints from two main sources: (1) its own reporters and (2) news
services.
      Reporters use interviews, research, and investigative techniques to gather
information for their stories. They must have well-developed “news judgement” to
sort out important stories from those that have little public interest.
      A newspaper employs several kinds of reporters. Many reporters cover a
speciality. Some speciality reporters are assigned to particular buildings, including
police stations and the criminal courts. Other reporters cover a particular subject,
such as science, education, or consumer affairs. Certain other reporters cover any
story to which they are assigned or which they find on their own. A general
assignment reporter may assist a speciality reporter if too many stories break on a
topic for one person to handle.
      The news staff of big-city newspaper also includes investigative reporters and
stringers. Investigative reporters search out and expose political corruption on other
wrongdoing. They may work weeks or months to get a story or a series of stories.
Stringers do not work full time for the newspaper but occasionally turn in a story.
Stringers for big-city newspapers may have a permanent job with a regional
newspaper or a small radio station.
      The largest papers have foreign correspondents in the major cities of the world,
such as London, Paris, Moscow, Washington, and Tokyo. But not even the largest
newspapers can afford to have reporters in all the major cities. As a result,
newspapers depend on news services or wire services for at least part of their national
and foreign news. Each news service has hundreds of reporters in various countries.
The news services transmit news reports and photographs to newspaper offices over a

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