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 Zaragoza has recently hosted the World News Media Congress, WAN-IFRA , where news corporation leaders, editors, journalists and academics have discussed the latest trends, innovations and challenges in the profession: disinformation wars,  polarization , fake news, social media, trust, press freedom, female leadership, young readers, monetization of news services, audience engagement, financial sustainability,  Web3 , artificial intelligence,  blockchain technology , metaverse, diversity and inclusion have been some of the subjects of debate in the different summits and seminars of the conference. Here you can watch a short video clip (4':30") of the World Editors Summit "Resetting Newsroom Priorities" by Adriaan Basson , Editor-in-Chief of News24 , South Africa, where he explains the successful transformation of the company. The video comes with  a listening task entitled "A Successful News Website" and the answer key . This task is suitable for C1 stude...

Travel + Leisure magazine  has just published the  50 Best Places to Travel in 2022 , for their affluent American readers, featuring Alaska (left) among other national and international destinations.  C1 students can do some virtual travel with the article 50 Best Places to Travel in 2022 , they can look at the beautiful pictures and pick up English words galore, as the text is packed with descriptive adjectives, nouns and verbs like: a far-flung destination, a thrill, travel restrictions galore, albeit, to cross off [destinations], the hospitality industry was hit hard, downtime, to venture, to reap [the benefits], valiant [efforts], to teem with [fresh-air activities], to be raring, to make up for, splashy, hard-hit destinations, buzzy, stateside, to hold back, wellness, farm-to-table living, to stretch, overlooked, unspoiled [villages], picturesque, stunning, sleepy, underdog, harbinger, an eco-lodge, glamping, a [food] hotspot, local produce, an eager [traveler], vast...

You can celebrate International Biodiversity Week (18- 22 May) by watching the first episode of the Netflix documentary " Our Planet ", which has just been released on YouTube.  The stunning beauty of the images, the music, and the impeccable English on the voice of Sir David Attenborough will surely open an imaginary window to the wonders of our natural world and the fragility of its future preservation. Subtitles are available, so this 49':27" documentary can be enjoyed by B2 students and above.