Children's news program

A children's news program is a type of news program that is specifically aimed at children, usually 6–14 years olds, rather than an adult audience. The programme is usually made by the network's news and current affairs department, rather than the children's department.[1]

As the programme is aimed at a much younger audience from ordinary adults focused news programme, there are significant differences in the style and make-up of the programme. These are for example: the programme has news stories that children would be interested in, usually avoiding deep political and business news and more dealing with popular cultures such as music and television. The programme is presented in with much lighter tone, with the language being much simpler and less complex and has graphics and sounds that are much more colourful.

Usually, the news presenters are much younger than regular news presenters and acting in a much more informal environment than regular newscasters, with casual clothing and either standing or sitting on a chair, rather than behind a desk. Some presenters use the programme in the past as a platform to later work as a formal newscaster or correspondent.

History

No one network is responsible for the creation of a news programme aimed at children. CBS first broadcast a series of news clips aimed at children in 1971 under the title of "In the News". However, in 1972, the first channel to broadcast a new segment for children was by the BBC with John Craven's Newsround.[2] Accounts tended to avoid the political emphasis of adult news and instead sought to build an ‘‘interesting’’ agenda.[3] In the same year, Sweden's SVT started broadcasting a weekly news roundup programme called Barnjournalen[4] (Children's Journal). Later the Netherlands[5]' NOS created a children's show Jeugdjournaal (Youth Journal) in 1981.

List of current and former children's news programs

Current shows
Country Program Name Network Former networks First date of broadcast
Argentina Paka Data Pakapaka 2019
Australia BtN ABC Me ABC 1968–2003; 2005–present[6][7]
Belgium (Dutch) Karrewiet Ketnet 2002[8]
Belgium (French) Niouzz OUFtivi (La Trois) 2000[9]
Canada (English) CBC Kids News[10] CBC Television
Canada (French) MAJ[11] Ici Radio-Canada Télé
China 新闻袋袋裤 CCTV-14 CCTV-7 2001
Denmark Ultra Nyt[12] DR Ultra 2013
France ARTE Journal Junior[13] Arte
Germany logo! KiKa ZDF 1988
Germany ARTE Junior das Magazine[14] Arte 2014
Ireland News2day RTÉ2 2003
Netherlands Jeugdjournaal NPO Zapp Nederland 1, Nederland 2,

Nederland 3, Z@ppelin

 1981
New Zealand News 2 Me[15] TVNZ 2 2021
Norway Supernytt NRK Super 2010
Spain (Catalan) Info K X3 K3 (2001-2009)
Canal Super3 (2009-2022)		 2001
Sweden Lilla Aktuellt SVT Barn SVT1 1994
United Kingdom (English) Newsround CBBC BBC One 1972
United Kingdom (Welsh) Ffeil S4C 1995
United States Nightly News Kids Edition NBC 2020

Former shows
Country Program Name Original Network Other Networks Broadcast
Australia Ttn Network 10 2004-2008
Philippines RPN NewsWatch Kids Edition RPN 1979–1993
Philippines RPN Jr. NewsWatch RPN 2004–2005
Sweden Barnjournalen TV1 SVT1 1972–1991
United Kingdom Newsround Showbiz CBBC 2001–2005
United Kingdom Sportsround CBBC 2005–2010
United States In the News CBS 1971–1986; 1996–1997
United States 30 Minutes CBS 1978–1982

References
  1. Alon-Tirosh, Michel (18 March 2017). "Children and news: opinions of children's news program creators in Israel". Taylor Francis Online. Vol. 11, no. 2. pp. 132–146. doi:10.1080/17482798.2017.1302489.
  2. "John Craven's Newsround". Do You Remember?. 2004-04-23. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  3. Matthews, Julian (April 24, 2008). "A MISSING LINK?: The imagined audience, news practices and the production of children's news". Journalism Practice. 2 (2): 264–279. doi:10.1080/17512780801999402. ISSN 1751-2786. S2CID 142992351.
  4. Louise Åström, Åström (2017-02-07). "Barnjournalen-profilen Bengt Fahlström död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  5. Östberg, Lowe (2018-10-16). "Public service producing news for young people" (PDF). nordicom. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  6. Behind the News celebrates 50 years on air, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2018-06-04, retrieved 2020-04-06
  7. "Behind The News' Missing Candle". ACTF Blog. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  8. "Karrewiet".
  9. "Les Niouzz".
  10. "CBC Kids News".
  11. "L'actualité pour les jeunes | MAJ". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  12. DRTV - Ultra Nyt (in Danish), retrieved 2022-11-22
  13. "ARTE Journal Junior - Info et société". ARTE (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  14. "ARTE Junior das Magazin - Komplette Sendung". ARTE (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  15. "News 2 Me | TVNZ". TVNZ. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
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