Mindset for IELTS - Level 3 (Unit 07: Television, News And Current Affairs)
1. journalist - reporter
2. research - investigate
3. mainstream - alternative
4. break a story - get a scoop
5. broadcast - publish
6. media outlet - news agency
7. amateur - professional
8. eye witness - source
Suggest answer
1. Journalist is a more generic word for anyone who works in media; a reporter is someone who writes or presents the news only.
2. This is dependent on context: for the news, research means looking at different sources to be clear on the facts of a story. Investigate implies a more active role of finding out information that was not previously known, or solving something.
4. same meaning- be the first to publish a news story
5. Broadcast is used for TV/radio and publish for printed stories.
6. A media outlet is a more generic organisation, for example a newspaper, magazine, orTV channel that offers a variety of information, whereas a news agency is just news focused.
8. An eye witness is a person who was present and saw the events of the news story first hand. A source is a person or organisation that provides information for a news story.
