Språkcafé #94, 08/10/2025: Journalism

1. Do you follow the daily news and do you think it is important?

   
   

2. If so, which news sources do you follow the most, Swedish, from your home country or from somewhere else?

   
   
   
   

3. How do you expect a journalist to present information to you when it comes to news?

   
   
   
   

4. How often do you read articles on the internet?

   
   

5. How often do you read newspapers in paper form?

   
   

6. Do you think that newspapers in paper form are no longer needed, or do you think they are still useful?

   
   
   
   

7. How often do you watch YouTube or follow other social media to follow the news?

   
   

8. How often do you watch news on TV or other TV programs that are intended to inform the public?

   
   

9. Do you think that with YouTube and other social media we no longer need TV?

   
   

10. How often do you listen to the radio and what type of radio programs do you like?

    
    
    
    

11. Do you follow Swedish media, for example read Swedish newspapers or watch SVT?

    
    

12. Can you compare the media in Sweden with the media in your home country?

    
    
    
    

13. Should reporting on the private lives of celebrities be considered journalism?

    
    

14. Are celebrities victims of paparazzi or do they sometimes collaborate with them and for what purpose?

    
    

15. Why are we interested in the lives of celebrities?

    
    
    
    

16. Do you like columnists, journalists who express their own opinions on political and other issues of public interest?

    
    

17. What kind of sports commentators do you like?

    
    

18. Do you have a favorite journalist or YouTube commentator who reports on world events?

    
    
    
    

19. Have you ever tried a journalistic activity, for example at school, by doing an interview or reporting on an event, and if so, what was that experience like?

    
    
    
    

20. Do you find it difficult to be a journalist? Explain your answer.

    
    
    
    

21. What kind of education should a journalist have and why?

    
    

22. Do you think that people who have no formal training as journalists and no sophisticated equipment like big media houses can be as good at journalism?

    
    
    
    

23. Do you think that journalists should be objective or give their opinions about the events they report on and why?

    
    

24. What would be an example of a journalist reporting non-objectively?

    
    

25. What factors influence a journalist to not report as freely as they would like?

    
    

26. Are journalists’ lives sometimes at stake and for what reasons?

    
    
    
    

27. If you were a journalist, what principles would you follow?

    
    

28. Do you think journalists should take an oath like doctors, and if so, what do you think should be included in that oath?