news & media
News & Media - Discussing current events from the news and identifying different types of media sources and their reliability.
Core Vocabulary
Study the key terms, pronunciations, and Amharic translation contexts.
News
/ኒውስ/
ዜና
Information about recent events.
ስለ ወቅታዊ ክስተቶች መረጃ።
Examples
"I watch the news daily."
Media
/ሚዲያ/
መገናኛ ብዙኃን
Communication tools used to deliver information.
መረጃን ለማድረስ የሚያገለግሉ የመገናኛ መሣሪያዎች።
Examples
"Social media is popular."
Source
/ሶርስ/
ምንጭ
A place or person from which information originates.
መረጃ የሚገኝበት ቦታ ወይም ሰው።
Examples
"Cite your source."
Reliability
/ሪላያቢሊቲ/
ታማኝነት
The quality of being trustworthy.
የመታመን ወይም የመታመን ጥራት።
Examples
"Check the reliability of the site."
Bias
/ባየስ/
አድልዎ
Prejudice in favor of or against something.
አንድን ነገር መደገፍ ወይም መቃወም የሚያሳይ አድልዎ።
Examples
"The report showed clear bias."
Journalist
/ጆርናሊስት/
ጋዜጠኛ
A person who writes for newspapers or magazines.
ለጋዜጦች ወይም መጽሔቶች የሚጽፍ ሰው።
Examples
"She is a brave journalist."
Article
/አርቲክል/
ጽሑፍ
A piece of writing included in a publication.
በህትመት ውስጥ የተካተተ የጽሑፍ ክፍል ወይም ጽሑፍ።
Examples
"Read this article online."
Headline
/ሄድላይን/
ርዕሰ ዜና
The heading of a newspaper story.
የጋዜጣ ታሪክ ዋና ርዕስ።
Examples
"The headline caught my eye."
Broadcast
/ብሮድካስት/
ስርጭት
To transmit by radio or television.
በራዲዮ ወይም በቴሌቪዥን ማስተላለፍ።
Examples
"They broadcast live events."
Editor
/ኤዲተር/
አዘጋጅ
A person who corrects or changes text.
ጽሑፍን የሚያስተካክል ወይም የሚቀይር ሰው።
Examples
"The editor revised the news."
Breaking News
/ብሬኪንግ ኒውስ/
ሰበር ዜና
Current news that is reported immediately.
በአሁኑ ጊዜ ወዲያውኑ ሪፖርት የተደረገ ዜና።
Examples
"We have breaking news tonight."
Fact-check
/ፋክት ቼክ/
እውነታን ማረጋገጥ
Investigating to verify accuracy.
ትክክለኛነትን ለማረጋገጥ ምርመራ ማካሄድ።
Examples
"Always fact-check your stories."
Censorship
/ሴንሰርሺፕ/
ሳንሱር
Suppression of speech or public communication.
ንግግርን ወይም የህዝብ ግንኙነትን ማፈን።
Examples
"Censorship limits information."
Social Media
/ሶሻል ሚዲያ/
ማህበራዊ ሚዲያ
Websites for social networking and content.
ለማህበራዊ ግንኙነት እና ለይዘት የሚያገለግሉ ድረ-ገጾች።
Examples
"He posted on social media."
Anchor
/አንከር/
ዜና አቅራቢ
A person who presents a news program.
የዜና ፕሮግራም የሚያቀርብ ሰው።
Examples
"The anchor read the script."
Reporter
/ሪፖርተር/
ዘጋቢ
A person who reports news.
ዜናዎችን የሚዘግብ ሰው።
Examples
"The reporter interviewed the mayor."
Propaganda
/ፕሮፓጋንዳ/
ፕሮፓጋንዳ
Biased information used to promote a cause.
አላማን ለማራመድ የሚያገለግል አድሏዊ መረጃ።
Examples
"Beware of political propaganda."
Digital
/ዲጂታል/
ዲጂታል
Expressed in computer readable data.
በኮምፒዩተር በሚነበብ መረጃ የተገለፀ።
Examples
"We live in a digital age."
Press
/ፕሬስ/
ጋዜጠኝነት
Newspapers and journalists collectively.
ጋዜጦች እና ጋዜጠኞች በጋራ።
Examples
"The freedom of the press is key."
Editorial
/ኤዲቶሪያል/
የኤዲቶሪያል ጽሑፍ
An article expressing the editor's opinion.
የአዘጋጁን አስተያየት የሚገልጽ ጽሑፍ።
Examples
"I read the editorial page."
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