Ogrim wrote:Written news articles can vary greatly in length, from short notices to a several (A4) pages. How do we calculate the number of news items on this basis?
If the goal is 60 news items in a month, can that be 60 in different languages? Can I add articles I read in Russian, podcasts in Catalan and TV news in Romansh or German to get to 60 items or must I stick to just one language at the time? How do I count watching an evening news programme (like the "journal 20 heures" on French TV) which lasts 45 minutes or an hour?
This issue is why I was waffling between whether or not to have the goal be 60 or 90 news stories. Some stories are very long (articles in newspapers primarily) and some can be very very short, like news segments. I think I'm tentatively going to say that any thing between 2 and 3 (A4) pages can be broken up into multiple "stories" for the purpose of this challenge and that 15 minutes of news equals 1 story (round up when it doubt).
That said I am really of the mind that we should all use our best judgment and that it's going to be very individual. If something feels like it should be two stories instead of just one go with your gut - I'm not here to police you. If something feels really easy despite it being really long then perhaps you might want to think about calling it 1 story instead of two or more.
Oh also the question of 60 news items and if those can be in 60 different languages. Yes they can. The sixty stories can come from any language that isn't your first language(s).