Arakin 4 kurs new 001 176. indd

10. Study the following notes on a news program(me) (also known as: news 
show, newscast, news bulletin) and make sure you can illustrate the main points 
with your own relevant examples. Complete the missing information concerning 
the major stages of putting together a news bulletin.
Definition:
(a) a regularly scheduled short programme on television (or radio) 
that reports current events (less often television/radio shows are 
interrupted or totally replaced by breaking news (=news flashes) to 
provide news updates on current events of great importance or on 
sudden highly important events)
(b) a short newspaper printed by an organization
Major stages of preparing a news bulletin:
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Notes (in random order)
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1. Sometimes only professionalism stands between tension and 
panic as the news crew struggles to dovetail late breaking news into 
an already complex programme.
2. In its competition with TV, news updates on the radio occur 
more often — once or twice an hour.
3. Over the last several years news programmes have tended to 
become less oriented on hard news and often include “feel good sto-
ries”; besides, there is a number of “only good news” programmes.
4. News programmes have also tended to host polemic debates 
between pundits of various ideological philosophies.
5. “Magazine-style” TV shows mix news coverage with topical 
lifestyle issues, debates and entertainment content.