1 May 2013

Breaking news webquest

Prepare a 1-min presentation on ONE of the following topics:

  • An English language news channel you watch (e.g. the BBC, CNN, Sky News, etc.) and your opinions about it, e.g. how easy/ difficult it is to understand and if you think that it provides a good coverage of the news.
  • Your experience of reading English newspapers, magazines or websites.

You will be allowed to make use of my laptop and the Internet in class if you wish to do so.

Charlie Brooker's How to Report the News - Newswipe - BBC Four


The aim of Newswipe was to expose the inner workings of news media.
The series was a comic, thoughtful and acerbic analysis of recent news coverage. Newswipe also looked at the way the news is presented to the public. 
A clip entitled "How To Report The News" from episode two of the second series amassed over two and a half million views on YouTube after it was syndicated by The Huffington Post soon after its first airing. It is currently the ninth 'top rated' video of all-time on the site.


KEY to Grammar 5B


Words in the news



WORDS IN THE MEDIA