World news is the jargon used by newspapers, magazines and television stations to describe current international events. It may also refer to a special section within a newspaper dealing with these events or to the broader topic of international affairs.
News organizations rely on a number of sources to provide them with foreign news. The most prominent of these are news agencies. The major news agencies prepare hard and feature news stories which they sell in bulk to other media outlets, such as newspapers and radio and television broadcasters. News agencies often have staff in foreign cities who gather information for their clients. These reporters are known as correspondents. Correspondents typically stay in touch with local government officials, members of the community and local media as well as with individuals and organizations who are able to provide important information.
In July 2011, a public inquiry, the Leveson Inquiry, was announced in the United Kingdom to examine the extent of phone hacking by journalists working for Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World. The inquiry led to the arrests of a number of former News of the World executives and other individuals in relation to illegal activity and to the resignation of Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, who were both editor of the paper at the time.
When a full-time anchor on World News Now leaves the program, they are inducted into an “Anchor Hall of Fame.” Historically, this was done by placing cardboard cutouts of the anchors in the rafters of the studio set. More recently, this has been replaced by a sequence showing the head-shots of departing anchors superimposed onto graphics of the original set. On occasion, the show will randomly interrupt its normal flow with a sound effect followed by a read-aloud of an e-mail from a viewer.
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