Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is       to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories    by watching TV or reading newspapers.
Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life    the 18^th century. Many countries have     different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news stories to print? Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?