7. Answer the following questions:

1. Who decides what viewpoint to take in the editorials? 2. What kind of information can you find in feature articles? 3. Do newspapers need feature syndicates? 4. What forms of advertising do newspapers carry? What is a display ad? What is a classified ad? 5. Who checks the completed story for accuracy? Is it necessary to check the story for spelling and punctuations errors? Can there be any other errors in stories? 6. Why does and editor change the wording? 7. What printing method do most newspapers use? 8. What is offset lithography? 9. Who prepares a layout? 10. How do reporters begin writing a news story?

8. A. Read the text. Typical sections found in newspapers and magazines

“One thing I always read in the paper is the obituaries; it’s so interesting to read about the lives of well-known people. I also usually read the editorial; it helps me form my opinion on things. Although national newspapers give you all the important news, I find that if you just want to sell your car or something, the classified ads in a local paper is the best place. But at the weekend I just love the Sunday papers. Most British Sunday papers have supplements with articles on travel, food, fashion and so on. That keeps me occupied for hours. Last week there was a feature on new technology in one of them; it was fascinating. My teenage daughter prefers magazines, especially the agony columns. I just can’t imagine writing to an agony aunt. It amazes me how people are prepared to discuss their most inmate problems publicly.”

B. Guess the meaning of the underlined words and word-combinations in the text. Match them with the following definitions:

1. sections in a paper or magazines that deal with readers’ private emotional problems;

2. an article giving the newspaper editor’s opinion;

3. separate magazines included with the newspaper;

4. descriptions of the lives of famous people who have just died;

5. person, typically a woman, who answers letters in the agony column;

6. pages of advertisements in different categories;

7. an article or set of articles devoted to a particular topic.

C. Answer the questions below:

1. How can the sections (in the text above) help their readers?

2. Which section do you find most useful? Give your reasons.

3. Which section should not be included in any newspaper? Why?

4. Which sections do you read most often?

5. Which section would you like to read? Would you dislike? Why?

9. Read the situations. Discuss the questions which are put in the end. Share your ideas with the group. Try to find the ideal solution.

1. Reporters are forced to make difficult decisions about what elements of a story are most newsworthy. Assume that, earlier today, two men robbed a local restaurant and shot a customer. During a high-speed chase through the city, a squad car struck a pedestrian, a 17-year-old high-school student. Both the customer and the pedestrian have been hospitalized in serious condition. Which element would you emphasize in your lead: the customer shot by two robbers, or the pedestrian struck by police?

2. Assume that three local high-school students, each 15 years old, have been charged with arson (поджог). They started a fire that caused $50 000 in damage at their school, closing it for a day. If you obtained the students’ names, and it was legal to do so, would you identify them in your story? Before publishing the story, would you call and warn (or interview) the students or their partners?