NEWS ONLINE
Whilst at first site not a topic of unique focus for the over 50’s, the news being of universal interest, the manner of its dissemination and how this has changed since the start of the BABY BOOMER generation in 1946 make it worthy of inclusion. We have seen revolutionary and historical changes in the way news is received.
After the Second World War when television was in its infancy most news was still broadcast over the radio. Even in the early 60’s many people would have heard of the DEATH OF JOHN F KENNEDY over the radio. By the time of PRINCESS DIANA’S DEATH in 1997 most of us will have learnt the sad news from the television. Now the first source of news for events like the JAPANESE TSUNAMI is said to be the social media site TWITTER followed by THE INTERNET.
THE INTERNET is indeed a fantastic source for news and current affairs. Some newspapers and other sources require a subscription but here is a selection of television, newspaper and other sites available for free. Many have a combination of articles, pictures and videos. All have LINKS to related articles or stories which allows you to research and drill down into anything of particular interest.
BBC NEWS
SKY UK NEWS
GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER
NEW YORK TIMES
CNN
REUTERS
GOOGLE NEWS
All of these are regularly updated and offer an experience that is somewhere between reading a newspaper and watching televised news.
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Whilst at first site not a topic of unique focus for the over 50’s, the news being of universal interest, the manner of its dissemination and how this has changed since the start of the BABY BOOMER generation in 1946 make it worthy of inclusion. We have seen revolutionary and historical changes in the way news is received.
After the Second World War when television was in its infancy most news was still broadcast over the radio. Even in the early 60’s many people would have heard of the DEATH OF JOHN F KENNEDY over the radio. By the time of PRINCESS DIANA’S DEATH in 1997 most of us will have learnt the sad news from the television. Now the first source of news for events like the JAPANESE TSUNAMI is said to be the social media site TWITTER followed by THE INTERNET.
THE INTERNET is indeed a fantastic source for news and current affairs. Some newspapers and other sources require a subscription but here is a selection of television, newspaper and other sites available for free. Many have a combination of articles, pictures and videos. All have LINKS to related articles or stories which allows you to research and drill down into anything of particular interest.
BBC NEWS
SKY UK NEWS
GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER
NEW YORK TIMES
CNN
REUTERS
GOOGLE NEWS
All of these are regularly updated and offer an experience that is somewhere between reading a newspaper and watching televised news.
PLEASE LET US HAVE YOUR FEEDBACK BY POSTING A COMMENT. SIMPLY CLICK THE LEFT BUTTON OF YOUR MOUSE ON THE FIELDS "NAME", "EMAIL" AND THEN "COMMENT" BELOW AND COMPLETE THEM IN TURN THEN GO DOWN THE PAGE AND CLICK ON “SUBMIT”.
THIS WEBSITE IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY.
