A humorous drawing, often dealing with something in an amusing way

A part of a newspaper giving the opinion of the person in charge of the newspaper on a problem or event

A title printed in large letters above a story in a newspaper

4.an informal talk or writing about other people’s private lives

A person, whose job consists of collecting information and writing things for newspapers and magazines

A printed word game which you do by fitting words guessed from questions and information into a pattern of numbered squares going down and across

Exercise 8. T ranslate the following text into Russian

In Britain, the newspaper industry, often called Fleet Street, has a major influence on public opinion and is a strong force in political life. The freedom of the press to publish whatever it wants, without the government interfering, is considered important. The tabloids often rely on cheque-book journalism (paying people large amounts of money for their story) in order to be the first to publish a human-interest story. Many people don’t like this approach. Recently, there has been concern about people’s rights to privacy and now a voluntary press code gives guidelines on, amongst other things, photographing famous people.

In the US journalists try to be objective and report facts, but financial pressures can work against this. Most of a paper’s profits come from advertising, and if a company is offended by something the paper writes, it may decide not to advertise there again.

Newspapers get material from several sources. Staff reporters write about national or local news. Major newspapers also have their own foreign correspondents throughout the world. Others get foreign news from press agencies or wire services, such as Associated Press or Reuters. Some papers have their own features writers. In the US features are usually syndicated, which means that one newspaper in each area can buy the right to print them. The editor decides what stories to include each day but the publisher or owner has control over general policy. Newspaper owners are very powerful and are sometimes called press barons. The most famous in recent years have been Robert Maxwell and Rupert Murdoch.

Exercise 9. Complete each sentence with a word or phrase from the list below. Use each item once only. Translate the sentences into Russian.

editorial pick up special issue headline speculation current affairs in depth spokesperson increase circulation obituary cable television respect for privacy news flash live coverage unbiased account

1.In an attempt tothe editor decided to print more “human interest” stories.

2.The company held a to launch their new range.

3.This channel is devoted solely to news and.

4.With this short-wave radio I canbroadcasts from all over the world.

5.There has been a lot of in the press that the minister is about to resign.

6.This month there is a of the magazine with information and advice about going on holiday.

7.We live in a mountainous region so if it wasn’t for we wouldn’t receive any broadcasts of a reasonable quality.

8.We interrupt this programme to bring you an important.

9.Exclusively on this channel we have of the big match.

10.Next morning an appeared in the newspaper, criticising the government’s defence policy.

11.These reports are so subjective. Where can I find an of what happened?

12.The President’s was not at all flattering and his widow was extremely upset.

13.There, right on the front page, was the ANOTHER RISE IN UNEMPLOYMENT.

14.Some tabloid journalist have no.I’m sure my telephone has been bugged!

15.A interviewed on the local news denied that the company was in any way responsible for the accident.

16.In our evening bulletin we try to report on the news by providing more background information.

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