Unit 1. Mass Media: the Press » Стр.17 (9)

1. I live in a small town in Kharkiv area. Nevertheless, we have our local newspaper. It was established more than 50 years ago and used to be named “Trybuna Trudyaschih” (“the Workers’ Rostrum”). After Ukraine became independent, the newspaper was renamed into “Ridniy Krai” (“the Native Land”) and is published weekly. People in Kharkiv ask me, “Is there anything interesting to read?” Of course, there is. Even in small towns there are events which interest local people. So, our newspaper prints reports on the town council’s decisions and plans, where they will allocate money, how they are going to renovate streets, squares, parks, schools, and so on. What entertainments are to be expected is also printed there. Local businesses advertise their produce and working places. There are also sports page and children’s page. We can also find interviews with local businessmen, administrators, doctors, and teachers, learn about history of our town, and learn the readers’ opinions on local social life. So it has its devoted readers. 2. My favourite newspaper is “Segodny”. We can read almost about everything in this newspaper. There are articles dealing with home and abroad news, sport events, life of favourite actors and singers and even the weather. We can find many interesting things there. We can read some usef ul pieces of advice, some stories about our life, and so on. There are puzzles, songs and even anecdotes there. “Segodny” is one of the most interesting newspapers, to my mind.