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NewsWrap
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NewsWrap is an Icelandic TV channel and online news site that uses Social Media Networks to engage with its audience. NewsWrap targets teenagers of 13-19 years old and covers International and National stories. There is a strong focus upon music and popular culture.
The Lowdown – News for Teens
It would be naive to think that 13-19 year olds watch the news at ten; hard and analytical…
The rise of antibiotic resistance in Asia is a global threat
Growing numbers of drug resistant disease causing bacteria are being recorded by Asian scientists. The widespread use of…
The editor’s blog
As the shorter days begin to leave us and that strange looking bright thing in the sky starts…
Enlightening, empowering
Chika Anene found herself frowning, smiling, sighing with the protagonist in The Women's Room.
Is the Middle East’s biggest conflict a voting issue
During last Tuesday’s foreign policy debate Israel was a hot topic. Support of the nation and its chilly…
Those in Glass Democracies Shouldn’t Throw Stones
The Venezuelan election process has recently been subject to intense monitoring and was found to be “the best…
A news channel for our ‘U-nique’ teens
Teenagers are tomorrow’s citizens of the world. Andria Archontides explores how we could use a multimedia concept to help them form a better understanding of this world.
NewsInteractive – current affairs for the online generation
Young people are consuming less and less news. In this blog post, The Breaker writer Tim Butcher discusses why he thinks this might be - and proposes a new youth TV channel that would seek to address it.
