SBS has launched an exciting new initiative that will make it easier for English learners and people with disabilities to access news. The BBC World Service is currently home to this daily, 5-minute news wrap. Now you can listen to it, as it’s available as a podcast! This new initiative is just one piece of SBS’s larger efforts to deliver timely, useful information in a more inclusive and accessible way.
The “News in English” podcast is designed to help beginners and English language learners. As a perfect five-minute news habit, it cuts through the noise and gets you back to what matters with the most relevant news and information. This podcast is made specifically for English learners. It arms them with easily digestible, bite-sized updates on what’s happening in real time.
SBS produces a daily ten-minute wrap of finance and business news – “On the Money” – which this time focused on two-way trade with China. That’s on top of the “News in English” podcast. Ricardo Gonçalves, SBS Finance Editor, host of On the Money. This show is a great way to stay up to date with timely updates on money issues and business news. This podcast is intended to be a resource for anyone who wants to keep their finger on the pulse of our economy and business news.
Fans can listen to both podcasts on their favorite podcast app. SBS puts the news wraps online, where they are available through apps including. This means everyone, including people with disabilities, can more easily and conveniently stay engaged.
SBS’s dedication to delivering inclusive, accessible news stories speaks to its awareness of, and adaptability to, the community’s varying needs. By creating podcasts catered to speakers of English as a second language and disabled people, SBS hopes to close the equity divide in info access.
