News Jobs

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News Jobs
1. What are some jobs related to the news?
2. What do they do?
(I.e. what are their responsibilities / duties?)
3. Would you like to do that job?

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If a ship / boat wants to stay in
the same place (i.e. not move) it
needs to put a ________
anchor into the
water. An _______
anchor is a very big
piece of metal connected to the
ship with rope.

4.

Anchor

5.

The beautiful people who sit in
the “news room” and report the
news are called _____
news _______.
anchors

6.

What are they doing?
They are reporting the news
Anchor
Anchor

7.

A: What do you do for work?
B: I film sports matches so that
people can watch them on TV.
I’m a ___________.
cameraman

8.

What’s he doing?
He’s filming the match
Cameraman

9.

After you finish writing an essay,
sometimes you decide to go back
and change something in the
essay. This is called ________
editing an
essay.
When you change the content of
your writing to make it better,
you are ________.
editing

10.

He’s editing
an article.

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A: What do you do for work?
B: Well I work for a news
company. I have to read articles
(that) reporters write. Then I
have to change the articles and
fix some problems. I’m an
editor
________.

12.

Editor / Copy-editor

13.

Before the news anchors report
the news, they have to put on
some makeup and try to look
beautiful. The _______
makeup _______
artist
can help them to do their
makeup very well.

14.

She is doing her
makeup
Makeup Artist

15.

This person works for a news
company. He / she has to go to
the location of where the news
happens to get more information
about it. You can see this person
on the TV talking into a
microphone.
Reporter

16.

He is interviewing
a local person.
Reporter

17.

She is reporting
the news
Reporter

18.

Another way to say a “famous
person” is a ___________.
celebrity

19.

She’s a
celebrity.

20.

Many people say the ________
Paparazzi
killed Princess Diana.
Paparazzi are reporters who mainly
________
report news about celebrities.
They always try to follow celebrities
and take pictures of them.

21.

They are taking
pictures of a celebrity
Paparazzi

22.

Paparazzi

23.

A: So what’s your job?
B: I work for a news company.
Everyday at work, I report the
weatherman
weather. I’m a ___________.

24.

He is reporting
the weather
The Weatherman

25.

television
Many people work at the _________
_________.
For example directors,
studio
anchors, and cameramen / camerawomen
work there.

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TV Studio

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What do they do?
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2.
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Anchor An anchor reports the news from the news room.
Weatherman A weatherman reports the weather.
Reporter A reporter reports the news from outside.
Camerawoman A camerawoman films the news or reporter.
Journalist A journalist writes news articles.
Paparazzi Paparazzi report news about celebrities.
Makeup Artist A makeup artist does the reporters makeup.
An editor changes the news article to fix
Editor mistakes and make it better.

28.

1. Which news job do you
think is the best?
1.
2.
3.
2. Which one is the most
4.
dangerous? Why?
5.
3. Which one do you think is 6.
the most boring? Why?
7.
8.
Anchor
Weatherman
Reporter
Camerawoman
Journalist
Paparazzi
Makeup Artist
Editor

29.

News Sources
1. Where do you get your news from?
2. What’s your favorite news source?
3. Do you like any old school news sources?
(e.g. newspaper, radio, etc…?)

30.

Sometimes I like to read the
Apple _____
Daily because I want to
_____
know what’s happening in Hong
Kong and the name is the same
as my favorite fruit hehe.

31.

Apple Daily Newspaper

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33.

__________
Magazines are old school but
you can still see them sitting in
doctor’s office waiting rooms. If
you’re really bored while you’re
waiting for the doctor you can
use one.

34.

Magazine

35.

If you want people to notice / see
your shop, then you can get a
long and wide piece of paper and
write something on it. This paper
is called a _______.
Banner

36.

Banner

37.

In a classroom the teacher writes
on a __________.
blackboard
If you drive on the highway you
can see a very large advertising
sign. This called a __________.
billboard

38.

Billboard

39.

Sometimes I don’t want to watch the TV or
YouTube videos for news. I prefer to just
listen to the news on my nice oldfashioned ________.
Then I can do
radio
housework and listen to the news at the
same time!

40.

Radio

41.

My favorite way to get news is from
the application called ________.
Twitter You
can ”follow” your favorite people.
Furthermore, most famous people
Twitter
from every country have a _______
account.

42.

43.

The Chinese version of Twitter is
Weibo
called _______.
Do you like to follow anyone on
social media?
Yes I do, for example, Elon musk @elonmusk
and Zhao Chang Peng @cz_binance

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My phone often gives me a message or
makes a sound / noise to tell me
something. These messages or sounds
notifications
are called ____________.
Another way to say “tell someone new
information is “_______
notify someone.”

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Notification
message

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Notifications
1. What notifications does your phone give you?
It gives me time notifications, email
notifications, message notifications, etc…..
2. What’s another way to say ‘notification’?
'Alert’ is another way to say notification.
3. Does your phone make a sound / noise
when you receive an alert? Is it very loud?
No it doesn’t. I keep my phone on silent.

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a. A group of articles about a topic.
b. You can read what your favorite people say
g
a
d
f
e
b
c
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2.
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c. A message or sound your phone gives you in order
to tell you something.
Newspaper
Magazine
d.
Banner
Billboard
e.
Radio
Twitter
f.
Notification g.
A large piece of paper you can put in front of a
shop to advertise.
A device you can use to listen to the news.
You can get one piece of news from this large sign
This is just news written on cheap paper.