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English for Journalists Part 1        

A life in journalism   
Interviewing techniques   
Note taking   
Press conferences   

English for Journalists    

Press conferences    

Understanding what is going on

Listen to the beginning of a press conference and answer these questions.

Now check your vocabulary by listening to some extracts from the press conference and matching these words and expressions with their meanings.

Asking questions and taking notes

Now listen to some more of the press conference.  Here are some questions that journalists asked.  Put the words in the correct order to form questions.  Then listen to an extract from the press conference and check your answers.

Listen to the extract from the press conference again and complete the journalist’s notes.

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