"Have you seen the movie Up? In the opening scene,
a young Carl Fredricksen goes to the movie theater
to watch a news story about an explorer's efforts to
capture the beast of Paradise Falls. As far back as the
early 1900s, before television was invented, people
went to movie theaters to watch the news on film.
These productions were called newsreels and were
usually shown before movies."
Middle grade and high school readers need to know all they can know about the impact of media in our world. As with other books in the Orca Think series, this new addition is laid out with appealing visuals - clearly captioned photographs, helpful additional illustrations, Behind the Headlines entries based on selected stories from the news, real examples of Star Reporters, and Extra! Extra! text boxes that provide a lot of information.
EXTRA! EXTRA!
Many teens look to social media for news.
* 77 percent get news and headlines from social media.
* 39 percent "often" get news from personalities, influencers
and celebrities on social media and YouTube.
* 28 percent say their "preferred" news source is personalities,
influencers and celebrities on social media and YouTube.
- Common Sense Media, Teens and the News 2020"
In this book interested readers will look at the industry, how it works, why it has importance in today's world, and ways to get involved in making things more relevant for themselves. It begins with media's origins and brings readers to current practices and issues faced today. Raina Delisle has "on the ground" experience and it shows in her writing.
"In 2022 I started working in government communications,
giving me a new perspective on the media industry. I still
occasionally write stories for my favorite publications."
Divided into six chapters, she discusses News You Can Use, Media Matters, Making the News, Press Under Pressure, Saving Journalism and Become a News Hound. Ms. Delisle covers those subjects with care and insight. She encourages her readers to get involved in media in ways that work for them.
Back matter includes a glossary, a generous list of resources to further enlighten and inform, acknowledgements for those whose work made her book possible, and an index.
Engaging and important, let's hope reading this book will be impetus for those readers who aspire to become the journalists we need to keep the industry vibrant and important to all.
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