Express your opinion on the following points

· journalists are a special breed that risks life and limb.

· all war correspondents are just adrenaline junkies, who must flirt with death in order to feel alive.

· a photographer in danger zones needs to be a detective, a con man and a master of escape.

· “A journalist feels “like a vulture” when he zooms in on starvation and suffering’.

2. Answer the following questions:

1. Use your background knowledge and the information from the text and say what scenes can be included into the two-hour documentary “Dying to Tell the Story”.

2. How far do you agree that being a war correspondent is not just a hellish job but a vocation?

3. Do you know any investigative reporters or war correspondents in Russia or in Belarus? What is your assessment of their job?

 

Writing

 

You want to become a journalist and decide to write a letter of application to a news agency. Include in your letter reasons for wanting the job and also why you think you would make a good journalist.

General Discussion

· Censorship: a curse or a blessing.

· TV is a drug of choice.

· Mass media should be allowed to disclose all aspects of private information regardless of the person’s social status.

· All the means are good if journalists want to get an image or news of a private nature.

 

Functional vocabulary

 

abridge v	to ~ of the basic rights
air v	to ~ information
access n	to bar ~ to any Internet sites; unfettered ~
advocate n, v	to ~ justice; an ~ of Internet censoring
allegedly adv; allegation, n	to allege illness
arrogant, adj
bid n, v	to ~ for exclusive rights; highest bidder
campaigner n	~ for/against censorship
censor n, v	to set oneself up as a ~; to ~ programs
censorship n	to impose ~; tough/relaxed ~
certification n	films ~
certify v	to ~ products
comply v	to ~ with a decision
defamation n	to defame someone
delinquency n
detrimental adj	~ effect
dissemination n	~ process
endow v	to be ~ed with a good sense of humor
entitle v	to be ~ed to maternity benefit
explicit adj	~ depictions of sex on TV
exposure n	to ~ to violence
fake adj	~ violence
finding n	survey ~
foolproof n
foul adj	~ language
gratuitous adj	~ violence
harassment n	sexual ~
impact n
imperil v	to ~ one’s life, perilous
inalienable adj	~ rights
instill v	to ~ values
insurgent adj	~ forces, armies
intrude v	~ into every aspect of life
jeopardise, v
leak n	information ~
libel n	~ suit
linger v	to ~ on bloody consequences; to ~ over coffee
lobby n, v	to ~ for one’s interests in Parliament
loophole n
lucrative adj	~ monopoly, business
malice n
minor n	harmful to ~s
molesting n	child ~
neglectful adj	~ paparazzi
obscene adv	~ material
offend v
offensive adj	~ to decency
preliminary adj	~ results
proponent n	~ of censorship
questionable adj	~ material
reputable adj	~ news organizations
restraint n
revenue n	to pocket advertising ~
sample n	representative ~
slander n
sleaze n	TV ~
speculate v	~ on/about sth
surveillance n
swear n, v	~ words
tentative adj	~ conclusion
underage adj	~ players
watchdog n	sex and violence ~
watershed n	notional ~
whistleblower n
wiretap n, v	to ~ phone calls
wrongdoing, n	to expose ~

 

Phrases related to the topic

bulwarks of liberty	tightly-regulated system
chilling effect	to air information
cyber travels	to cut back (down) on explicit scenes
G-rated television network	to extend the blame to sb
Internet censorship is uncalled-for	to strip the government of its role
journalists cleared by the government	to tackle an issue
misguided sense of justice	“U” certificate
“PG” certificate	to be somewhere through thick and thin
To work on and off

THE POWER OF the MEDIA

Speech Functions Bank

 

 

F – Formal

Inf – Informal

 

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