Vocabulary :

• see Média + Presse

• Newspaper Glossary (enchantedlearning.com)
  
  
  
• Parts of a newspaper (east-buc.k12.ia.us)

  

• Parts of the Newspaper - a slideshow
  (scribd.com)

• Newspaper (manythings.org)
  - with interactive activities

• Newspapers and Journalism - 20 words with definitions (englishclub.com)

• Media / Presse / Journalisme - vocabulaire (anglais / français) - (ac-aix-marseille)
  
  

• Journalism Studies - Glossary (saskschools.ca)

Facts :

• British Library scans 18th and 19th-Century newspapers - 29 November 2011 - ARTICLE + VIDEO
  "Four million pages of newspapers from the 18th and 19th centuries have been made available online by the British Library."
  (BBC)

• The New York Times Just Turned 160
  "Last Sunday was the 160th anniversary of The New York Times. Throughout those years, The Times has created quite a reputation for itself and has even garnered the nickname the “newspaper of record.” These days, the paper is the third most popular in the world, only ranking behind The Wall Street Journal and USA Today, neither of which are location-based like The Times.
  But how did the paper get to be so well-respected and widely circulated? Read on to learn more about the illustrious “Gray Lady.”
  - The history of a legend
  - Controversies that made the paper
  - Changes to the icon
  - Things that make the Times special
  (neatorama.com)

  
  
  "The Times was founded on September 18, 1851 by journalist/politician Henry Jarvis Raymond..."

• News headlines
  "This section gives you a daily overview of the topics that hit the headlines in national newspapers
  in Britain (the Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and The Independent)
  and in the United States (the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times).
  It also provides you with links to other newspaper websites of the English speaking world as well as a selection of 'lighter' readings."
  (cle.ens-lyon.fr)

  

• William Randolph Hearst: Mythical media bogeyman
  "William Randolph Hearst lives on 60 years after his death as the mythical bogeyman of American journalism, the personification of the field's most egregious impulses...
  As Hearst envisioned it, the "journalism of action" was to be a sustained force, defined by activism on many fronts and fuelled by frequent doses of self-promotion and self-congratulation."
  (BBC)

  "Citizen Kane - played by Orson Welles (centre) - was loosely based on Hearst"

  "Hearst portrayed as a spoilt child about to break his doll in a 1930 cartoon"

   

  William Randolph Hearst (April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951)
  "was an American newspaper magnate and leading newspaper publisher...
  Acquiring more newspapers, Hearst created a chain that numbered nearly 30 papers in major American cities at its peak.
  He later expanded to magazines, creating the largest newspaper and magazine business in the world."
  (Wikipedia)
  
  
  Hearst Castle with the Neptune Pool 
  
  
  

Listening :

• BrainPOP Movies : Reading a newspaper (brainpop.com)
  
  

• Looking for an apartment in the ads - with sound and pictures - activities (thewclc.ca)
  
  
  
  
• Prononcez les noms dans l'actualité (VOA)
• Pronunciation Guide for people and places in recent VOA news items - Audio File (names.voa.gov)

• Voice of America. (voanews.com)
  "International news stories are spoken slowly for the benefit of international listeners."

INTERACTIVE exercises :

• see Media + Press

• Make the news : rédaction d'un article de journal. Travail de réflexion sur les verbes et la conjugaison
  Interactive exercises
  (Sylvain PETIT - Ac. Grenoble)

• Parts of a newspaper - interactive activity
  (tv411.org)

• GET CLIPPINGS - Create fake newspaper articles...
  (polyvore.com)

• Newspaper Vocabulary - Gap-fill exercise by Barbara Dieu (members.tripod.com/the_english_dept)
  
  
  
• Newspaper (manythings.org)
  - with interactive activities

• Newspapers - Find the definition. (British Council)
  
  
  
  

Exercises TO PRINT :

• see Média + Presse

• Newspaper Report Guide
  Click on ENGLISH: Text Level: Non-Fiction: Newspapers & Journalistic Writing
  (Primary Resources)
  
• Newspaper reports: A writer’s guide
  Click on English / Newspapers
  (Primary Resources)
• Parts of a newspaper - with activities
  (seameo-innotech.org)
  
  Idem
  (parade.com/paradeclassroom)
• Key features of a newspaper article - activity to print
  (Primary Resources)

• The Newspaper - activity to print (tlsbooks.com)
  "You will need a copy of your local paper to complete this worksheet."
  
  
• Useful vocabulary about the Press - "Complete using words from the list." (Yvan Baptiste)

• "Making Jigsaw Activities Using Newspaper Articles" (iteslj)
  

Lesson plans :

• Newspaper Admits Hacking Celebrity Phones (9th April, 2011) - a lesson plan
  (newsenglishlessons.com)

  

• “The Daily” Digital Newspaper Launched (4th February, 2010) - a lesson plan
  (newsenglishlessons.com)

  Jobs and Murdoch to launch digital newspaper
  (businessandleadership.com)

  

• Parts of a Newspaper - a lesson plan
  "You will learn the parts of a newspaper and how a newspaper is made by looking at a virtual tour, trying some on-line quizzes, working on a puzzle and looking at real pagination of a rural paper."
  (saskschools.ca)

• How to write a newspaper article (galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk)

• How to Write a Newspaper Article (bfi.org.uk)

• Analysing Newspapers - Tabloids and broadsheets (mediaknowall.com)

• Newspaper reading activities (BBC)

• Current events! (Education World) :
  "Using the news" - whether in the form of the daily newspaper, TV news reports, or classroom discussions of important events"
  
  

Webquests :

• An InfoChase about Tabloids and Broadsheets (wagner-juergen.de)
  
  

  A tabloid	A broadsheet

  
  
  
  

INTERACTIVE games :

• Newspaper (manythings.org)
  - with interactive activities

Songs :

• The Daily Mail Song (YouTube) + mp3 here. (dananddan.com)

  

• Folk Songs About Newspapers and Magazines - list (nwfolk.com)