How Long to Read Breaking News

How Long Does it Take to Read Breaking News?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 12 minutes to read Breaking News by Ben Hills

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

It is now more than 30 years since Graham Perkin’s tragically premature death, but his legacy lives on in every corner of the Australian media. Perkin was, without question, the country’s greatest editor of the 20th century. In his nine years at the helm of The Age, he transformed a venerable but moribund rag into a paper regularly voted one of the world’s ten best broadsheets, alongside such great titles as The Washington Post and The Times of London. He changed forever the way that the media looks at society, and the way that people relate to the media. In this insightful, vigorous biography, veteran investigative journalist and Walkley Award winner Ben Hills — who worked under Perkin’s editorship for six years — chronicles the life and times of Australia’s most influential newspaper editor, and the history of the newspaper to which he devoted his tremendous talents. From a little town in Victoria’s dusty Mallee to the door of the Fairfax boardroom, from the twilight of the Menzies era to the death throes of the Whitlam government, from formulaic, moth-balled reportage to socially responsible investigative journalism, Breaking News paints a vivid picture of Graham Perkin’s remarkable career. It is biography at its best, and the personality and energy of this big, bluff cyclone of a man jumps from the pages. Most of all, however, it is a portrait of media power, of the last of the great editors who, by the force of their convictions, made a difference to society — a breed for whom there is no place in today’s corporate media conglomerates, with their focus on cost-cutting and the short-term bottom line. A cracking story in its own right, Breaking News is an engrossing read, not only for those who remember Perkin and the golden age of Australian newspapers, but also for everyone who reads the paper or watches the news today.

How long is Breaking News?

Breaking News by Ben Hills is 544 pages long, and a total of 138,176 words.

This makes it 184% the length of the average book. It also has 169% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Breaking News Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 35 minutes to read Breaking News aloud.

What Reading Level is Breaking News?

Breaking News is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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