Michaela Nováková

An Essay for the English Course

IKSŽ

December 2002

The Newspapers Magazines That I Like to Read

It is hard to speak about newspapers and magazines that I like to read. I have to say that I do not buy any newspapers or magazines but that doesn’t mean that I do not read newspapers and magazines at all. I usualy read all the newspapers on internet. It is much cheaper if you have instant access and you get used to the computer very quickly. In my opinion it is the easiest way to get the latest news when you do not listen to the radio.

I usually start with the CTK database to check what is happening around. Then I open Lidove noviny server, Pravo and ihned which is the internet version of Hospodarske noviny. I read newspapers just from the profesional point of view, I do not have my favourite newspapers. I always try to read them all to compare and I also always find out that all of them are almost the same. Concerning media in English, I usually read The Prague Post and the BBC news server and its‘ national mutations, sometimes I browse through The New York Times, everything on internet of course. It is very interesting to compare the Czech media with the foreign ones.

With magazines it is quite same as with the newspapers. I do not buy them with one exeption, the magazine of the overground called Zivel. It is the magazine which focuses on the progressive life style, literature or music. It is not regular magazine and every issue concentrates on the on one theme but from the different point of view. Other magazines I also read on the net or I just read them in the library. I regularily read the Tyden magazine, and weekly magazine Respekt. I also read the film magazines Film a doba and Iluminace. That is becouse I used to study film studies and I am also the member of the editorial board of one of the best czech film servers on net called www.dokina.cz (and I am not saying that dokina is one of the best just because I am one of the contributors, it is really very well made magazine with the straight opinion and fresh language).

Then I read couple of magazines on net which focus on the media sphere to catch the lates news what is happening in our media scene such as RadioTV server, Media and Marketing or Vajicko. That is also almost the professional interest because as a prospective journalist I should know what is new in my field.

My other favourite magazines on the net are Websky (that is the magazine about internet), Interval (magazine about webdesign), Shadowbox about music, Neumu also about music, Nitrate Online about film and many others.

I try to be informed and catch everything what is new as soon as it is possible but I also have to admit that I sometimes do not have time to read them all.