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The Newsround titles received a slight refresh in May 2006.
Genre Children's news magazine
Starring Ellie Crisell
Adam Fleming
Lizzie Greenwood
Sonali Gudka
Laura Jones
Lizo Mzimba
Gavin Ramjaun
Country of origin United Kingdom
Production
Producer(s) Georgie Bevan
Simon Goretzki
Sinéad Rocks
Running time 10 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel BBC One, CBBC
Original run 4 April 1972 – present
Chronology
Related shows Newsround Extra
Sportsround

Newsround (originally called John Craven's Newsround, before the departure of Craven) is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972, and was the world's first television news magazine aimed specifically at children. Initially commissioned as a short series by BBC Children's Department, who held editorial control, its facilities are provided by BBC News. Image File history File links Newsround. ... Ellie Crisell (born 1976, County Durham, England) is a journalist/television presenter who currently works on the childrens news bulletin program Newsround on CBBC. She sometimes appears on Newsround Extra - an occasional special programme detailing important topics. ... Adam Fleming was born in Glasgow on 2 April 1980. ... Laura Jones is a British television journalist who is best known for her work on the popular childrens television programme Newsround. ... Lizo Mzimba is a British journalist and television personality, best known as the geeky assistant presenter of BBC childrens news programme Newsround. ... BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC, and the first in the United Kingdom. ... CBBC - short for Childrens BBC - is the brand-name for the BBCs childrens television programmes aimed at children aged between 6 and 12 years old. ... is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sportsround is a weekly spin-off from the CBBC childrens news programme, Newsround. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... For other uses, see News (disambiguation). ... is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The current BBC News logo BBC News and Current Affairs is a major arm of the BBC responsible for the corporations newsgathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online. ...

Contents

History

Originally called John Craven's Newsround, it was mostly presented by John Craven between 4 April 1972 and 22 June 1989, though presenters including Roger Finn and Helen Rollason also presented during the 1980s. John Craven OBE (born in Leeds, England on August 16, 1941) is a BBC television presenter and former news anchor. ... is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Roger Finn is a British television presenter. ... Helen Rollason (11 March 1956 - September 1999) was a British sports journalist and television presenter. ...


On Craven's departure, the show was renamed Newsround, and its presenters who regularly rotate have included Juliet Morris, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Julie Etchingham, Chris Rogers, Kate Sanderson, Matthew Price, and Becky Jago. Regular reporters on the programme, who have also presented it, include Paul McDowell, Paul Welsh and Terry Baddoo. For over 25 years, it was usually broadcast on BBC One at 5 p.m. Juliet Morris is a British television presenter. ... Krishnan Guru-Murthy (born April 5, 1970) is a British television newscaster and journalist currently fronting Channel 4 News (produced by ITN), which he joined in 1998. ... Chris Rogers on London Today Chris Rogers made his name presenting childrens television news programme Newsround circa 1996, and stayed there for around five years, when he joined adult news, with Sky News. ... Kate Sanderson (born 9 August 1968 in Sutton Coldfield, England) is a british television presenter and newsreader. ... Matthew Price reported from areas affected by the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict for BBC News. ... Becky Jago (born 20 April 1976) is a British television news presenter. ... Paul Welsh is a United Kingdom television and radio correspondent and presenter. ... Terry Baddoo is a television sports presenter Career Currently the main presenter for the CNN programme World Sport. ... BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC, and the first in the United Kingdom. ...


Newsround was the first BBC television programme to break the news of the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger on 28 January 1986. As the event was shown during the opening titles, it is often erroneously stated that the tragedy happened live on air, but it in fact happened about fifteen minutes earlier. This edition was presented by Roger Finn, who had only recently joined the programme. Space Shuttle Challenger (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-099) was NASAs second Space Shuttle orbiter to be put into service. ... January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...


Current format and presenters

Newsround is currently presented by Ellie Crisell

The Newsround edition broadcast at 5:25 pm on CBBC One has Ellie Crisell as its main anchor, with Lizo Mzimba taking Ellie's main role when she is absent. All of the presenters make reports. On the CBBC Channel, the Newsround bulletins are read by Sonali Gudka and Gavin Ramjaun. The other reporters are Laura Jones and Adam Fleming. Lizzie Greenwood is a reporter for Sportsround, Newsround's sister show. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 65 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Screenshot of Newsround on 25/6/07 This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. As such, the copyright for it... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 65 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Screenshot of Newsround on 25/6/07 This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. As such, the copyright for it... Ellie Crisell (born 1976, County Durham, England) is a journalist/television presenter who currently works on the childrens news bulletin program Newsround on CBBC. She sometimes appears on Newsround Extra - an occasional special programme detailing important topics. ... Ellie Crisell (born 1976, County Durham, England) is a journalist/television presenter who currently works on the childrens news bulletin program Newsround on CBBC. She sometimes appears on Newsround Extra - an occasional special programme detailing important topics. ... Lizo Mzimba is a British journalist and television personality, best known as the geeky assistant presenter of BBC childrens news programme Newsround. ... Laura Jones is a British television journalist who is best known for her work on the popular childrens television programme Newsround. ... Adam Fleming was born in Glasgow on 2 April 1980. ...


Newsround's editor is Sinéad Rocks. The main TV producer is Paul Arnold. The main online producer is Clare Youell.


Newsround Extra

A variation on the regular format of Newsround is a series of short (typically ten-minute) documentary films broadcast under the title Newsround Extra, which have been a regular feature since the late 1970s. There are two or three series of these documentaries during the year, which replace the regular bulletins on one day of the week (usually Monday, although sometimes on Fridays, particularly during the 1980s).

The Wrong Trainers

There was a Newsround Extra on 1 December 2006 called The Wrong Trainers[1] a rather dark film consisting of six short animations dealing with child poverty and related issues. In one of the presentations Chris says the Government is not spending money as wisely as they should be. Afterwards, there was a linked BBCi special following up the issues. Newsround - The Wrong Trainers won the Royal Television Society Award for best children's programme 2006[2]. Image File history File links Wrongtrainers. ... Image File history File links Wrongtrainers. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... An athletic shoe An athletic shoe is a generic name for a shoe designed for sporting activities, and is different in style and build than a dress shoe. ... BBCi is the brand name for the BBCs interactive television services. ... The Royal Television Society is a British-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future. ...


Newsround Showbiz

Originally called Newsround Lite, Newsround Showbiz ran from 2001 to 2005. It started as a daily programme and then moved to Saturdays and Sundays. It was hosted by Lizzie, Adam, Rachel or Thalia who were regular Newsround presenters. The show contained entertainment news and gossip and generally took a lighthearted view of the world of celebrity.


Newsround Investigates

Newsround Investigates is a special half-hour documentary series for CBBC, taking an in-depth look at issues affecting children’s lives. The first edition on May 8, 2006 investigated the subject of arson in schools. May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (129th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...


Sportsround

In September 2005, a new spin-off of Newsround was launched, entitled Sportsround. It contains reoprts from major sporting events and local sport competitions. The show is presented by Jake Humphrey. Sportsround is a weekly spin-off from the CBBC childrens news programme, Newsround. ... Jake Humphrey Jake Humphrey is a British television presenter best known for his work on CBBC, he is also the youngest ever presenter of both Football Focus and Match Of The Day. ...


Newsround on the web

And Finally

Newsround has its own website as part of the main CBBC web site, featuring: Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A website (alternatively, Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP, a... CBBC - short for Childrens BBC - is the brand-name for the BBCs childrens television programmes aimed at children aged between 6 and 12 years old. ...

  • The latest news headlines, grouped into the relevant sections (e.g. World, UK, Sci-Tech, etc.)
  • An RSS feed for each of the sections (e.g. an RSS feed for World news, UK news, etc.)
  • A games section, with many Flash games.
  • Message boards for different topics (e.g. Current News, Doctor Who, etc.)
  • A voting section, where users can vote on different popular topics such as favourite film, etc.
  • Quizzes.
  • Competitions.
  • Presenter blogs.

In February, an online video podcast was released called And Finally [3]. This is a summary of the entire week's news, and a new edition is released every Thursday. There is also a podcast for Sportsround called Action Replay[4]. This can either be downloaded as an MPEG-4 Part 14 file or as a podcast which includes both And Finally and Action Replay. For RSS feeds from Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Syndication. ... Adobe Flash, or simply Flash, refers to both the Adobe Flash Player, and to the Adobe Flash Professional multimedia authoring program. ... An orange square with waves indicates that an RSS feed is present on a web page. ... Sportsround is a weekly spin-off from the CBBC childrens news programme, Newsround. ... MPEG-4 Part 14, formally ISO/IEC 14496-14:2003, is a multimedia container format standard specified as a part of MPEG-4. ...


Newsround Quiz

From 18 December 2006 to 5 January 2007, digital satellite and Freeview viewers could access the free and interactive Newsround Review of The Year Quiz by pressing the red button on their remote control. Viewers watched video questions and then selected their answer by pressing the coloured keys on their remote control. In the Gregorian calendar, December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years), with 13 days remaining until the end of the year. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...


Criticisms

The programme has been criticized by young people, on its own CBBC message boards, as being "patronising." In one instance, a caption banner read "Chechnians are from Chechnya" and also "David Tennant: The 10th Doctor, he is the Tenth Person to play Doctor Who". Some have accused Newsround of discrimination against LGBT people, pointing out a perceived reluctance to include LGBT relevant issues or stories[5], and alleging that posts about gay rights have been removed from the Newsround messageboards.[6] This article is about discrimination in the social science context. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The gay rights movement is a collection of loosely aligned civil rights groups, human rights groups, support groups and political activists seeking acceptance, tolerance and equality for non-heterosexual, (homosexual, bisexual), and transgender people - despite the fact that it is typically referred to as the gay rights movement, members also...


Also, the programme's website appears to discriminate against older children. It frequently reports news stories and asks for people's thoughts on the stories. Although they say that they will try to put up as many replies as possible, very few replies from 14 and 15 year olds are published.[7]


Former presenters

John Craven OBE (born in Leeds, England on August 16, 1941) is a BBC television presenter and former news anchor. ... is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Roger Finn is a British television presenter. ... Helen Rollason (11 March 1956 - September 1999) was a British sports journalist and television presenter. ... Juliet Morris is a British television presenter. ... Krishnan Guru-Murthy (born April 5, 1970) is a British television newscaster and journalist currently fronting Channel 4 News (produced by ITN), which he joined in 1998. ... Chris Rogers on London Today Chris Rogers made his name presenting childrens television news programme Newsround circa 1996, and stayed there for around five years, when he joined adult news, with Sky News. ... Kate Sanderson (born 9 August 1968 in Sutton Coldfield, England) is a british television presenter and newsreader. ... Matthew Price reported from areas affected by the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict for BBC News. ... Becky Jago (born 20 April 1976) is a British television news presenter. ...

References

  1. ^ Newsround Specials:The Wrong Trainers
  2. ^ "The jury were unanimous in their admiration for a programme that set itself a bold and challenging objective, and achieved it with stunning results. Clever animation, coupled with heart-rendingly real children’s voices, engaged young viewers with child poverty in a meaningful and relevant way."
  3. ^ CBBC Newsround | TV/Film | Newsround And Finally video podcast. Retrieved on 2007-02-24.
  4. ^ CBBC Newsround | Sport | Sportsround: Action Replay Video Podcast. Retrieved on 2007-02-24.
  5. ^ Newsround blog
  6. ^ The following post was published on the morning of 28 December 2006 and removed together with published responses the same day. No reason was given for removing the thread: "Gay rights. Messages 1 - 1 of 1 Message 1 - posted by MzKiedis (U6934819) **, Yesterday I know this can be a sensitive subject and i'm probably not going to be allowed to post this thread here, but we were discussing this the other day so i thought i'd see what all you lot think. I thought our society was pretty laid back and accepting of these people, but then i heard that apparently ours is one of the worst for this kind of thing. Even the ancient Greeks and many other countries learnt to embrace the minority. I know things have changed since the war etc. when it was a punishable crime, but what do you think? Also what about the meaning of the word changing so much? being used as an insult etc. Would like to hear your views. xxx"
  7. ^ Data sources for March/April 2006 and December 2006

2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

External links

  • CBBC - Newsround at bbc.co.uk
  • CBBC - Newsround Message Boards at bbc.co.uk
  • BBC Editors' blog - former editor Tim Levell
  • Newsround History
  • British Film Institute Screen Online

  Results from FactBites:
 
Newsround - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (440 words)
Newsround (called John Craven's Newsround before the departure of John Craven) is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972.
Newsround's Producers are Simon Goretzki and Sinead Rocks with Ian Prince, as Editor.
Newsround was the first BBC programme to break the news of the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
Newsround Present | Newsdesk (1914 words)
This fifty minute broadcast highlighted the major events of Newsround’s life set to the music of the time, and this highly effective technique was accompanied by captions at the bottom of the screen, no narration at all and clips of the various Newsround title sequences over the years.
In January 2001 Newsround was moved from 5pm to 5:25pm, as part of continuing reforms of CBBC by new head of children’s programming, Nigel Pickard.
Newsround remained at 5:25pm on BBC-1 and a new five minute programme called Newsround Lite was shown every night at 6:25pm on the CBBC channel.
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