this is the newsroom of a large british newspaper the independent this is where the journalists work and prepare the stories for the next day's newspaper journalists check the details of the story speak to people and then write an article they're usually very busy in the evening the story must be ready before 10 pm so it can be in the newspaper the day after newspaper journalists spend a lot of time in front of the computer the journalists have meetings with the chief editor every day to decide the most important stories for the next day they discuss
which story to put on the front page and the contents for the rest of the newspaper journalists usually study at university and some go to journalism school newspapers are important in the uk and many people read them there are seven national newspapers in the uk and the most popular is called the sun there are many charity shops in the uk these are shops that sell new and used objects to help other people shop managers and shop assistants in these shops normally work from nine in the morning until half past five or six o'clock in the
evening but they always work on saturdays and sometimes on sundays too they give customers information sell things and put things on the shelf it is not necessary to study at university to become a shop manager and shop assistant but it's important to be good with money and to be friendly with the customers a shop assistant normally has a pay of 1 000 euros per month but in charity shops the shop assistants are often volunteers a builder is someone who builds and repairs houses or buildings this house has a problem with the roof it rains a
lot in the uk so they need a builder to fix it builders normally study for three years at technical colleges to become qualified it can be a difficult job there are heavy things to carry and they have to work in dirty conditions it is also dangerous sometimes especially if you are working on the roof of a large house builders normally get good pay if they are specialized and well qualified they generally work more in the summer when the weather's warm
