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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.

20 Words

News

/ኒውስ/

ዜና

Information about recent events.

ስለ ወቅታዊ ክስተቶች መረጃ።

Examples

"I watch the news daily."

Contextual Usage

Media

/ሚዲያ/

መገናኛ ብዙኃን

Communication tools used to deliver information.

መረጃን ለማድረስ የሚያገለግሉ የመገናኛ መሣሪያዎች።

Examples

"Social media is popular."

Contextual Usage

Source

/ሶርስ/

ምንጭ

A place or person from which information originates.

መረጃ የሚገኝበት ቦታ ወይም ሰው።

Examples

"Cite your source."

Contextual Usage

Reliability

/ሪላያቢሊቲ/

ታማኝነት

The quality of being trustworthy.

የመታመን ወይም የመታመን ጥራት።

Examples

"Check the reliability of the site."

Contextual Usage

Bias

/ባየስ/

አድልዎ

Prejudice in favor of or against something.

አንድን ነገር መደገፍ ወይም መቃወም የሚያሳይ አድልዎ።

Examples

"The report showed clear bias."

Contextual Usage

Journalist

/ጆርናሊስት/

ጋዜጠኛ

A person who writes for newspapers or magazines.

ለጋዜጦች ወይም መጽሔቶች የሚጽፍ ሰው።

Examples

"She is a brave journalist."

Contextual Usage

Article

/አርቲክል/

ጽሑፍ

A piece of writing included in a publication.

በህትመት ውስጥ የተካተተ የጽሑፍ ክፍል ወይም ጽሑፍ።

Examples

"Read this article online."

Contextual Usage

Headline

/ሄድላይን/

ርዕሰ ዜና

The heading of a newspaper story.

የጋዜጣ ታሪክ ዋና ርዕስ።

Examples

"The headline caught my eye."

Contextual Usage

Broadcast

/ብሮድካስት/

ስርጭት

To transmit by radio or television.

በራዲዮ ወይም በቴሌቪዥን ማስተላለፍ።

Examples

"They broadcast live events."

Contextual Usage

Editor

/ኤዲተር/

አዘጋጅ

A person who corrects or changes text.

ጽሑፍን የሚያስተካክል ወይም የሚቀይር ሰው።

Examples

"The editor revised the news."

Contextual Usage

Breaking News

/ብሬኪንግ ኒውስ/

ሰበር ዜና

Current news that is reported immediately.

በአሁኑ ጊዜ ወዲያውኑ ሪፖርት የተደረገ ዜና።

Examples

"We have breaking news tonight."

Contextual Usage

Fact-check

/ፋክት ቼክ/

እውነታን ማረጋገጥ

Investigating to verify accuracy.

ትክክለኛነትን ለማረጋገጥ ምርመራ ማካሄድ።

Examples

"Always fact-check your stories."

Contextual Usage

Censorship

/ሴንሰርሺፕ/

ሳንሱር

Suppression of speech or public communication.

ንግግርን ወይም የህዝብ ግንኙነትን ማፈን።

Examples

"Censorship limits information."

Contextual Usage

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."

Contextual Usage

Anchor

/አንከር/

ዜና አቅራቢ

A person who presents a news program.

የዜና ፕሮግራም የሚያቀርብ ሰው።

Examples

"The anchor read the script."

Contextual Usage

Reporter

/ሪፖርተር/

ዘጋቢ

A person who reports news.

ዜናዎችን የሚዘግብ ሰው።

Examples

"The reporter interviewed the mayor."

Contextual Usage

Propaganda

/ፕሮፓጋንዳ/

ፕሮፓጋንዳ

Biased information used to promote a cause.

አላማን ለማራመድ የሚያገለግል አድሏዊ መረጃ።

Examples

"Beware of political propaganda."

Contextual Usage

Digital

/ዲጂታል/

ዲጂታል

Expressed in computer readable data.

በኮምፒዩተር በሚነበብ መረጃ የተገለፀ።

Examples

"We live in a digital age."

Contextual Usage

Press

/ፕሬስ/

ጋዜጠኝነት

Newspapers and journalists collectively.

ጋዜጦች እና ጋዜጠኞች በጋራ።

Examples

"The freedom of the press is key."

Contextual Usage

Editorial

/ኤዲቶሪያል/

የኤዲቶሪያል ጽሑፍ

An article expressing the editor's opinion.

የአዘጋጁን አስተያየት የሚገልጽ ጽሑፍ።

Examples

"I read the editorial page."

Contextual Usage

Natural Dialogue

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Role A
Did you see the latest about the election? I read an online earlier today.
Role B
I saw it on , but I am worried about its . There seems to be a lot of in that .
Role A
You are right. A good should be objective. We must everything before we believe the .
Role B
Exactly. The of that paper has been accused of spreading before. I prefer listening to a neutral .
Role A
I agree. makes it easy for a to share quickly, but it also increases the risk of and misinformation.
Role B
True. The must remain free to tell the truth. I always check the to see the official stance of the newsroom.

The Writing Challenge

Synthesize your vocabulary knowledge in context.

Adaptive Prompt
"Think about a news story you recently heard. Was it from a reliable source? Discuss how you identified any bias or if the journalist provided a balanced report. Use at least five words from the list above in your explanation."