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Behind the Scenes at Radio 1 Newsbeat

How Newsbeat tailors its style of journalism specifically for the Radio 1 audience. Editor, Rod McKenzie, explains how his team packages stories differently from other news providers. It is important to constantly bear the listeners in mind and adapt stories and presentation accordingly. Although entertainment stories are important to Newsbeat, the programme has reporters based in different parts of the UK as well as overseas. Its own news-gathering team that covers a wide range of items. The narrator is DJ Dr Mark Hamilton.

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