News Time is celebrating Media Literacy Week with a takeover by eight-year-old budding journalist Rosie.

Rosie grills regular News Time host, Ruby, about how the media works, where news comes from and how we know whether a story is fake.

When you're finished listening to the podcast, take this quiz to test your knowledge:

QUESTIONS:

1. What is 'breaking' news?

2. What is a news 'source'?

3. What is a 'byline'?

4. Whose job is it to 'fact-check' information?

5. Which of these skills does Ruby say is the most important for budding journalists: Writing, talking, or listening?

ANSWERS:

1. News that's happening right at that moment.

2. People or places journalists get their information from.

3. The reporter's name on the story.

4. The journalist's.

5. Listening.

Replay: Media Literacy Week Special

Every Friday, join Ruby for News Time as she counts down the week’s most interesting news stories for kids. From amazing animals to special events, the natural world to outer space, News Time is made especially for children to help them understand the world around them.

Kids & Family

The first stop on today's show is the post office! To meet some letter sending locals. Then, we'll head to the beach to practice deep listening. After a quick dip, we'll go deep into a cave to inspect a curious discovery, and then to a shearing shed on a farm, to meet an expert shearer.

After that whirlwind adventure, it's off to a different kind of farm for our… Wow of the week!

Quiz Questions

1. Who is currently running the Ungarie post office?

2. Which creature did Diana hear the heartbeat of?

3. What animal was the skeleton of? (Hint: Short-something kangaroo)

4. What kind of sheep did Jeanine shear?

5. What name was the oyster given?

Bonus Tricky Question

What's the name Diana uses for listening very closely to the world around you?

Answers

1. Rob, a man who recently moved to the town

2. Short-faced kangaroo

3. Starfish

4. Merino

5. Jill

Bonus Tricky Answer

Deep listening

Cave kangaroo and shear excitement

On today's show, we'll hear how an op shop is changing a community, we'll find out about the discovery of a giant jawbone, and we'll meet some scientists with a cool idea to chill out a hot city.

Then, we'll hear about some significant spears that have been returned to their traditional owners, before heading to the beach for the… Wow of the week!

Quiz Questions

1. What was the remote op shop project raising money for?

2. What sort of creature was an ichthyosaur?

3. What city are scientists hoping to help cool down?

4. How many spears have been returned to their traditional owners?

5. What Sydney beach has disappeared?

Bonus Tricky Question

What is needed for the beach to reappear again?

Answers

1. Art centre

2. Marine reptile

3. Seville

4. 4

5. Mackenzies Bay

Bonus Tricky Answer

Less powerful waves along the coast

Cool city and special spears

On today's show, we'll hear about a newly discovered ant with an interesting name. We'll kick-flip and grind with a super skateboarder, and fossick for fossils with a prolific palaeontologist.

Then, we'll hear about an Indigenous Australian artist winning big in the art world, before heading to a deserted island for the… Wow of the week!

Quiz Questions

1. Which villain was the ant named after?

2. What's the name of the trick Arisa did?

3. Which state is Samantha the dino lover from?

4. What did Archie Moore paint on the gallery walls?

5. What did the stranded sailors spell out in the sand?

Bonus Tricky Question

What did the sailors use to write their message?

Answers

1. Voldemort

2. 720

3. Queensland

4. Family Tree

5. HELP

Bonus Tricky Answer

Palm tree leaves/ fronds

Villainous ant and astounding artwork

Join Ruby and the ABC's national technology reporter Ange Lavoipierre for a deep dive into the world of artificial intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence special

On today’s show, we’ll hear about some Paralympians speaking out about footwear. We’ll explore an underwater mountain and meet some of its fishy inhabitants. Then, staying in the water, we’ll splash about with some senior swimmers taking lessons for the first time.
After that, it’s all eyes on the skies as we search for exploding stars, before we head down river for the… Wow of the week! 

Quiz Questions

1. What does Stef Reid and other Paralympians want to be able to buy?

2. What kind of environment were the scientists exploring underwater?

3. What was special about the people taking the swimming lessons?

4. What kind of stars are Rod's favourite to look at?

5. What animal did the pumpkin weigh more than?

Bonus Tricky Question

What did Adam and Mark name their pumpkin boat?

Answers

1. Buy one shoe at a time

2. Mountain

3. They were older

4. Exploding

5. Horse

Bonus Tricky Answer

Cinderella

Replay: Media Literacy Week Special

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