About English Newsroom

What we do

Most news is written at an advanced level. Coursebook texts are easy but artificial. English Newsroom sits between them: every weekday we take real stories from named news sources and rewrite each one three times, for the first three CEFR levels. Under every story you get the words to know with example sentences, a grammar note on a structure the story uses, a three-question quiz and two discussion questions. All of it is free.

Who writes it

The stories are written by the English Newsroom editors — a small team with a background in English language teaching and editing. We write to the CEFR level descriptors and check each version against the vocabulary lists for that level. Where our text says "editors", that is who we mean; we do not publish content we have not read and edited ourselves.

Where the news comes from

We rewrite reporting from established news organisations — the BBC, the Guardian, Good News Network and others — and link the original under every story. We keep every fact, name, number and date from the source and never add details of our own. If a source corrects a story, we correct ours. Read the full editorial policy.

Who it is for

• Learners who want to read something real every day, at a level they can manage — five minutes a day is enough.
• Teachers who need a current, differentiated reading text with questions, without preparation. See news lessons for the classroom.

Contact

Corrections, questions, or a story you would like to see: contact us.