News tells people about things that have happened. A news story answers questions. It tells who, what, when, where, why and how. A reporter asks these questions to find out what happened. Then the reporter writes down what people say.

An editor checks the story. Reporters, editors and photographers work together in a newsroom. That is where news is made. Some news is uplifting. It can be about children their age taking a stand on an issue.

Long ago, there were no newspapers. A town crier rang a hand bell. He called out the news in the street. Many people could not read, so criers said the news out loud.

A paper came out in Boston in 1690. It was stopped after one issue. Then The Boston News-Letter began on April 24, 1704. It lasted for more than seventy years. Weekly Reader was a classroom paper for kids. Its first issue came out in 1928.

In 1920, a radio station in Pittsburgh called KDKA read election results on the air. People listened at home. For years, a TV news show was only 15 minutes long each weeknight. On September 2, 1963, it grew to 30 minutes.

Some news is scary or upsetting. It is okay to stop watching and talk with a grown-up, who can help. A grown-up can turn off the TV. Then the news is not playing all day.

Words to know

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