54.3 Answer these questions about the language in the text in b.

1. Would you write to a chief editor asking for a job on 'his rag'? Why / Why not?

2. What do you think about newspapers if you refer to them as the gutter press?

3. What is it very important for journalists not to miss?

4. Can you give an example of a famous fashion glossy?

5. What two words might describe the kind of story that a journalist dreams of getting?

6. What two expressions refer to the moment of publication of a big story?

7. Which two crimes are mentioned in the text and what do they consist of?

8. What might a film star keep in her scrapbook of press cuttings?

54.4 Rewrite these sentences so that they mean the same thing, using the word in brackets.

1. Every newspaper inevitably gives its own particular view of events, (spin)

2. I have to find some articles from some previous editions of The Times, (back)

3. Read all about the royal divorce! Only just published. (HOT)

4. The floods took up more space in the papers than any other story this week, (column)

5. Politicians are always ready and willing to give their opinions to the press, (air)

6. The story about the scandal surrounding her uncle broke on her wedding day. (HIT)

7. Any newspaper does all it can to prevent being sued for libel, (character)

8. Muck-raking is a characteristic activity of an inferior kind of newspaper. (PRESS)

Here are the websites for two of the main British national quality papers. Use their search facilities to find articles on any subject that is of particular interest to you. The Times www.thetimes.co.uk The Guardian www.guardianunlimited.co.uk

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