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Who Tells the News

What Is the News?: Where does the news come from?

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News tells what happened. Who tells it?

A reporter asks who, what, when, where, why and how.

A reporter writes what people say. An editor checks it.

Reporters, editors and photographers make news in a newsroom.

Long ago, a town crier called out the news.

In 1690 a paper came out in Boston.

Weekly Reader was a paper for kids in class. It began in 1928.

Is the news scary? It is okay to turn it off.

Stop and talk with a grown-up. They can help.

Words to know

  • reporter: news asker
  • editor: story checker
  • newsroom: news workplace
  • crier: news caller

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