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Al Jazeera English Newsroom, Doha, 2008
News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different media: word
of mouth, printing, postal systems, broadcasting, electronic communication, or through
the testimony of observers and witnesses to events.
Common topics for news reports include war, government, politics, education, health, the
environment, economy, business, fashion, and entertainment, as well as athletic events, quirky or
unusual events. Government proclamations, concerning royal ceremonies, laws, taxes, public
health, and criminals, have been dubbed news since ancient times. Humans exhibit a nearly
universal desire to learn and share news, which they satisfy by talking to each other and sharing
information. Technological and social developments, often driven by government communication
and espionage networks, have increased the speed with which news can spread, as well as
influenced its content. The genre of news as we know it today is closely associated with
the newspaper, which originated in China as a court bulletin and spread, with paper and printing
press, to Europe.