Posts tagged with "press"

Last week, President Lula took a moment to discuss Wikileaks and his thoughts on the controversial website. There are subtitles available in English, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese but you can also watch the video without them to practice your listening comprehension. Have a look and see if you can answer the questions.

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Questions

1.  What is “liberdade de expressão?”

2. How does Lula plan to protest?

3. According to Lula, who is guilty in this kind of scenario?

4. What is the word for nonsense or rubbish that he uses?

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Today, we’re going to take a look at some important words related to the media and press.

notícias = news  

jornalista = journalist

repórter = reporter/newscaster

jornal = newspaper

jornal = TV news program

revista = magazine

matéria = article

emissora = broadcasting company

canal = channel

reportagem = news report/coverage

âncora = news anchor

noticiário = news bulletin

rádio = radio

Internet = Internet [pronounced een-ter-neh-chee]

portal = news website

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