
Unit 24 of the Bol Marathi curriculum
Follow Marathi news and media. Six lessons: vocabulary, bridges, speaking, grammar and culture.
माध्यमे व बातम्या • Media & News · पत्रकारिता, टीव्ही, रेडिओ, सोशल मीडिया
Unit 24
Marathi Media & News Words: Press, Broadcast & Social
Follow Marathi news and media.
What you will learn
माध्यम क्षेत्रातील भाषा आणि बातम्या वाचणे.
- Read news · बातम्या वाचणे
- Media vocabulary · माध्यम शब्दसंग्रह
- Social media language · सोशल मीडिया भाषा
Speaking practice sentences
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
Practice
Try saying it
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Hindi → Marathi bridges
- समाचार अखबार संपादक पत्रकार → बातमी वृत्तपत्र संपादक पत्रकार — News terms.
- टीवी रेडियो एंकर रिपोर्टर → टीव्ही रेडिओ अँकर रिपोर्टर — Broadcast terms.
- फेसबुक ट्विटर इंस्टाग्राम → फेसबुक ट्विटर इंस्टाग्राम — Social media names.
- ऑनलाइन ब्लॉग पॉडकास्ट → ऑनलाइन ब्लॉग पॉडकॅस्ट — Digital terms.
- प्रेस विज्ञप्ति ब्रीफिंग कोट → प्रेस विज्ञप्ती ब्रीफिंग कोट — PR terms.
- निष्पक्ष वस्तुनिष्ठ कॉपीराइट → निष्पक्षता वस्तुनिष्ठता कॉपीराइट — Ethics terms.
Grammar notes
News Vocabulary
बातमी, वृत्तपत्र, संपादक, पत्रकार, हेडलाइन, लीड, बायलाइन.
News vocabulary: bātamī (news), vṛttapatra (newspaper), sampādaka (editor), patrakāra (journalist), hēḍalāina (headline), līḍa (lead), bāyīlāina (byline).
TV & Radio
दूरदर्शन, आकाशवाणी, न्यूज चॅनेल, अँकर, रिपोर्टर, स्टुडिओ, लाइव.
TV and radio: dūradarśana (television), ākāshavāṇī (radio), nyūja chēnēla (news channel), aṅkara (anchor), ripōrṭara (reporter), sṭyuḍiyā (studio), lāiva (live).
Social Media
फेसबुक, ट्विटर, इंस्टाग्राम, युट्यूब, लिंक्डइन, व्हॉट्सअॅप ग्रुप.
Social media: phēsabuka (Facebook), ṭviṭara (Twitter), insṭāgrāma, yūṭyūba (YouTube), liṅkaḍina (LinkedIn), vāṭsāpa grūpa (WhatsApp group).
Digital Journalism
ऑनलाइन पोर्टल, ब्लॉग, पॉडकॅस्ट, वेबिनार, फैक्ट-चेक.
Digital journalism: ānalāina pōrṭala (online portal), blāga (blog), pāḍakāsta (podcast), vēbināra (webinar), phaika-chēka (fact-check).
Press Release
प्रेस विज्ञप्ती, मीटिंग, ब्रीफिंग, कोट, साउंडबाइट.
Press and media events: prēsa vijñaptī (press release), brīphiṅga (briefing), kōṭa (quote), sāunḍabāita (soundbite).
Media Ethics
निष्पक्षता, वस्तुनिष्ठता, गोपनीयता, कॉपीराइट, प्लॅगरिझम.
Media ethics: niṣpakṣatā (impartiality), vastuniṣṭhatā (objectivity), gopanīyatā (confidentiality), kāpīraita (copyright), plēgarijma (plagiarism).
Culture notes
- Marathi Press History — Darpan (1832), Kesari (1881), Lokmanya Tilak, Agarkar.
- TV Channels — Sakal, Zee Marathi, Star Pravah, News 18 Lokmat, ABP Majha.
- Radio Heritage — AIR Pune, Mumbai, Nagpur - rural Maharashtra's voice.
- Digital Creators — Marathi YouTubers, bloggers, podcasters - new generation.
- Investigative Journalism — Investigative journalism - exposing scams, RTI, PIL.
- Media Literacy — News verification, fake news identification, source checking.
How to practice this unit
Read each Marathi sentence aloud, check it against the Hindi, then cover the Marathi and recall it from the English. In the app the same unit adds listening quizzes, speaking checks, sentence building and review before you forget.
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