Reading the News
Dagstidning, public service, källkritik — following the news in Swedish.
The Swedish media landscape: morgontidningar and betalväggar, tryckfrihet since 1766, källkritik as school subject — down to the Sunday paper, ett annat nöje, alltmer sällsynt.
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en dagstidning
a newspaper
Tip: lit. the same.
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en morgontidning
a morning paper
Tip: lit. the same.
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en kvällstidning
an evening paper
Tip: lit. the same — the tabloids.
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en lokaltidning
a local paper
Tip: lit. the same.
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en prenumeration
a subscription
Tip: lit. the same.
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en betalvägg
a paywall
Tip: lit. the same.
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public service
public service broadcasting
Tip: lit. the same — the English term is used.
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SVT
the state television
Tip: lit. the same.
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Sveriges Radio
the radio
Tip: lit. the same.
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finansierad via skatt
funded through tax
Tip: lit. the same — since 2019.
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redaktionellt oberoende
editorial independence
Tip: lit. the same.
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en nyhetssändning
a news broadcast
Tip: lit. the same.
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Rapport
the evening news
Tip: lit. the same — the flagship bulletin.
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en rubrik
a headline
Tip: lit. the same.
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en klickrubrik
a clickbait headline
Tip: lit. the same.
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en ingress
a lead paragraph
Tip: lit. the same.
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en byline
a byline
Tip: lit. the same.
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en ledare
an editorial
Tip: lit. the same — the paper's own opinion.
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en debattartikel
an opinion piece
Tip: lit. the same.
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en insändare
a letter to the editor
Tip: lit. the same.
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en rättelse
a correction
Tip: lit. the same.
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en källa
a source
Tip: lit. the same.
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källkritik
source criticism
Tip: lit. the same — taught in Swedish schools from an early age.
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vem säger det och varför
who says it and why
Tip: lit. the same — the core question.
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källskydd
protection of sources
Tip: lit. the same — constitutionally protected.
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tryckfrihetsförordningen
the freedom of the press act
Tip: lit. the same — from 1766, the world's first.
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offentlighetsprincipen
the principle of public access
Tip: lit. the same — anyone may read official documents.
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begära ut en handling
to request a document
Tip: lit. the same — and they must give it to you.
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en visselblåsare
a whistleblower
Tip: lit. the same.
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meddelarfriheten
the right to communicate
Tip: lit. the same — public employees may talk to the press.
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grävande journalistik
investigative journalism
Tip: lit. 'digging journalism'.
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en nyhet först
a scoop
Tip: lit. the same.
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Medieombudsmannen
a press ethics council
Tip: lit. the same — self-regulation, not law.
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namnpublicering eller inte
a name published or not
Tip: lit. the same — Swedish media rarely name suspects.
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en trettioårig man
a thirty-year-old man
Tip: lit. the same — how suspects are described.
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desinformation
disinformation
Tip: lit. the same.
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en faktakoll
a fact check
Tip: lit. the same.
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en filterbubbla
a filter bubble
Tip: lit. the same.
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en ekokammare
an echo chamber
Tip: lit. the same.
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läsa brett
to read across the spectrum
Tip: lit. the same.
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nyhetsundvikande
news avoidance
Tip: lit. the same — a growing pattern.
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nyhetströtthet
news fatigue
Tip: lit. the same.
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stänga av det en vecka
to switch it off for a week
Tip: lit. the same.
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och må bättre
and feel better
Tip: lit. the same.
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och lite skyldig
and slightly guilty
Tip: lit. the same.
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en podd istället
a podcast instead
Tip: lit. the same.
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ett nyhetsbrev i inkorgen
a newsletter in the inbox
Tip: lit. the same.
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en papperstidning på söndagen
a paper on Sunday
Tip: lit. the same.
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vilket är ett annat nöje
which is a different pleasure
Tip: lit. the same.
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och alltmer sällsynt
and increasingly rare
Tip: lit. the same.