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B2 Media vocabulary

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    Let's revise some vocabulary to talk about the media and adjectives to describe the news.
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  • The person who decides what should go in the newspaper or should not is the _ D _ T _ R
    EDITOR
  •  5
  • A journalist who expresses opinions about music, art or restaurants
    CRITIC
  •  15
  • The person who works on the radio and describes, e.g., a sporting event while it is happening is a C_ MM _ NT _ T _ R
    COMMENTATOR
  •  5
  • An adjective used to describe a news story that has the facts right.
    ACCURATE
  •  25
  • An adjective used to describe a story that is intentionally prejudiced to favour a particular opinion.
    BIASED
  •  25
  • An adjective to describe a news story whose content has been partially or totally eliminated for publication.
    censored
  •  20
  • A person who writes articles/takes photos for different newspapers but does not work for one in particular.
    freelance journalist
  •  15
  • Photographers who follow famous people around in order to get photos of them and sell them to different publications.
    paparazzi
  •  15
  • The title of a newspaper article, normally in big letters.
    HEADLINE
  •  15
  • A professional who works in the media.
    JOURNALIST
  •  15
  • An adjective to describe news outlets or items that try to get your interest by presenting information in a worse or more shocking way than it really happened.
    SENSATIONALIST
  •  20
  • An adjective to describe a news item that is not influenced by opinions or feelings.
    OBJECTIVE
  •  15
  • A person who reads the news on TV or radio is a N _ WSR _ _ D _ R
    NEWSREADER
  •  10
  • A person who collects and reports news for news outlets.
    REPORTER
  •  15
  • A person who travels abroad to report news from another country.
    FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
  •  20
  • A news item or source that we think we can believe.
    RELIABLE / TRUSTWORTHY
  •  20