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The US News Media in Global Context
News is concerned with current events

One advantage of using news sources rather than scholarly journal articles, government reports, or books is that you can find out about very recent events.

With the exception of some types of news such as feature stories and investigative reports, news articles usually give an account of a recent event in the first few paragraphs. This is one way you can distinguish news from scholarly information.

Read the first few paragraphs of the news article, "Diversity seen as vital to crop survival". (Like all outside links in the VILLAGE, it will open in a new window). Notice the recent event that is mentioned in the third paragraph.

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In the past, newspapers published "extra" editions to inform readers of important breaking news. Now we rely on TV, radio, and the Internet to find out what happened today.

 

 

 

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