News Stories

Synopsis: Looks at the distinctive ways the English language is used in television news by following a group of trainee journalists, observing their successes and failures. Also features extracts from the BBC Television comedy ‘The Day Today’, which parodied the news and is used by the BBC for training its journalists because it demonstrates all the ways of showing news that they are being taught to avoid.
Series: English Language, The: Past, Present and Future, Course U210
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of production: 1995
Availability: Out of distribution
Subjects: English language and literature; Media studies
Keywords: English language; news reporting; television news

Producer

Paul Manners

Cast

Shahnaz Pakravan

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