News tells people about things that have happened. Reporters ask questions to find out. They ask who, what, when, where, why and how.
A reporter listens to people. She writes down what they say. Then an editor checks the story.
Reporters and photographers work together. They make news in a newsroom.
Long ago, there were no newspapers. A town crier called out the news in the street. He rang a hand bell so people would listen.
Town criers said the news out loud. Many people could not read.
A paper came out in Boston in 1690. It was stopped after one issue.
In 1920, KDKA was a radio station in Pittsburgh. It read election results on the air. People listened at home.
For years, a TV news show was 15 minutes long. That was each weeknight. In 1963 it grew to 30 minutes.
Weekly Reader was a classroom newspaper for kids. Its first issue came out in 1928.
Some news is scary. It is fine to turn it off. Talk with a grown-up, who can help. A grown-up can turn off the TV, too.
Words to know
- reporter: news asker
- editor: story checker
- newsroom: news workplace
- crier: news caller
- election: people voting
