国际知名报刊

Week01 Introduction

◆. American Key Newspapers

The New York Times《纽约时报》1851

The Washington Post《华盛顿邮报》1877

Los Angles Times《洛杉矶时报》1881

USA Today《今日美国报》1983

The Wall Street Journal《华尔街日报》1889

The Christian Science Monitor《基督教科学箴言报》1908

International Herald Tribune《国际先驱论坛报》1963

◆. American Key Periodicals

Time《时代》周刊1923

Newsweek 《新闻周刊》1933

U.S. News & World Report《美国新闻与世界报道》周刊1948

Reader‟s Digest《读者文摘》月刊1922

Fortune 《财富》月/ 1978:双周刊1930 /magazines/fortune/

Business Week《商业周刊》1929

Far Eastern Economic Review 《远东经济评论》1946 /◆. British Key Newspapers

Quality papers

The Times 《泰晤士报》1785

Financial Times 《金融时报》1888 /home/rw

The Guardian 《卫报》1821 /

The Daily Telegraph 《每日电讯报》1855 Popular papers

Daily Express 《每日快报》Daily Mail 《每日邮报》

Daily Star 《每日明星报》Daily Mirror 《每日镜报》The Sun 《太阳报》

Mid-market papers

◆. British Key Periodicals

The Economist《经济学家》1843

The Spectator《旁观者》1828

New Statesman《新政治家》

◆.News Agency

AP (Associated Press) 美联社1848

UPI (United Press International) 合众国际社1907

Reuters路透社

PA ( Press Association) 报纸联合社

法新社：AFP (Agence France Press)

塔斯社：TASS - ITAR-TASS News Agency (The Information Telegraph Agency of Russia)

◆.Contents and format

5 SECTIONS:

A: International, Editorial, Opposite Editorial ( Op-Ed)

B: Metro

C: Business Today

D: Sports Monday

E: Arts

Obituaries/ Milestones/ Transition

Weather Classified Ads Auto Exchange

Updated news:

◆.Political tendency

Week 02 News and Journalese

News Journalese Headline

Features of headline Headline & background information Newsworthy information:

Prominence Government Weirdness Shocking truth Currency Impact Timeliness Proximity Conflict

◆. Prominence:

information has prominence if it involves a well-known person or organization.

◆.Government

◆.Weirdness: information has weirdness if it involves something

unusual or strange.

◆.Currency:

information has currency if it is related to some general topic a lot of people are already talking about.

◆Impact: information has impact if it affects a lot of people.

◆Timeliness: information has timeliness if it happened recently.

"Recently" is defined by the publication cycle of the news medium in which the information will appear.

For "Newsweek," events that happened during the previous week are timely.

For a daily newspaper, however, events that happened during the 24 hours since the last edition of