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Answer key: Unit 8

3 1 junior reporter 2 daily newspaper 3 in-depth
background to the news stories and an in-depth
analysis of the issues involved. I think they do this very analysis 4 news broadcast 5 war zone 6 far-off
well. At the more popular end of the market, papers days
these days focus more and more on stories involving
celebrities from the world of sport, TV, cinema, and of
course, sport itself. People lap all this up, and I suppose Grammar
it is news of a kind. Reported speech
Interviewer: And what about ‘citizen journalism’? Is this a
term you’re familiar with? 1 1 Can you tell me what being a journalist was like?
2 My main memory of those far-off days is the sense
Cameron: Yes, it is, and it’s something I have some of pride I felt.
sympathy with, even though it may put some of my own 3 Journalists like me travelled the world and filed
colleagues out of work in the long run.
reports.
Interviewer: So how would you explain its sudden 4 I wrote my report in my hotel bedroom.
appearance as a source of information? 5 I believe that the function of newspapers has
Cameron: It’s quite simple – the fact is that the Internet changed.
has given everyone access to a wealth of information 6 Things will never be the same again.
and to a worldwide audience. So a citizen journalist in
a war zone, like me all those years ago, doesn’t have to 2
write a story and send it to an editor who can decide
whether or not to run the story in their newspaper – CD 2 Track 03
they can simply add information to a news website or 1 Harry, can you tell me what being a journalist was like
write their own blog. Bloggers are the new journalists. when you started …
Interviewer: And how reliable are bloggers and citizen 2 My main memory of those far-off days is the sense of
journalists? pride I felt at writing …
Cameron: At least as reliable as the traditional news 3 Journalists like me travelled the world and filed reports,
providers, whose stories are usually revised and cut which kept people …
by editors who may be under political pressure from 4 I wrote my report in my hotel bedroom.
a newspaper owner or even their government. Some 5 Yes of course, but I believe the function of newspapers
news websites allow other members of the public to has changed.
add to, update or correct stories that are already there.
It’s a very democratic process. 6 I mean, things will never be the same again.
Interviewer: So, this is not something you think should be 3 1 When the speaker said this, the date of publication
controlled?
was in the future, but that date has now passed.
Cameron: Absolutely not! And of course you couldn’t 2 The speaker said this today and the situation
control it even if you wanted to. remains unchanged – the publication date is still
Interviewer: And you have no regrets about the effect of tomorrow.
this form of journalism on the profession you were so 3 When the reporting verb is in the present tense
proud to be part of when you first became a reporter? (says), the verbs in reported speech remain in the
Cameron: I suppose I’m a little sad – I mean, things will tense that the speaker used – there is no change of
never be the same again. But the important thing is that tense.
people have reliable sources of up-to-date information.
Of course there will always be a role, in newspapers and 4
elsewhere, for intelligent comment and analysis of the CD 2 Track 04
news, and if I were starting out again now, that’s the 1 Hazel: Have you ever used Wikipedia?
kind of journalism I’d get into. Tom: Yes, I have. I used it yesterday.
Interviewer: And you’d do it extremely well, I have no 2 Tom: How well do you know my sister?
doubt. Harry Cameron, thanks for being my guest Hazel: We’re best friends.
today.
3 Hazel: What will you do after university?
Cameron: It’s been my pleasure. Tom: I’ll probably work abroad.

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