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newsgathering

newsgathering

1 3.7
Collecting information and facts to make news stories
  • noun
  • /ˈnuːzˌɡæðərɪŋ/
  • Literature
: recopilación de noticias
  • The newsgathering team worked tirelessly to cover the latest developments in the story.
  • newsgathering rights
  • newsgathering organization
  • newsgathering operation

Examples

  • As described above, the Court has continually declined to identify the scope and contours of a newsgathering right.

    Academic text (2017)
  • There are, however, a variety of complications with the analogy to newsgathering and the essential-preconditions approach.

    Academic text (2017)
  • This difference is most evident in the newsgathering cases seeking access to information held by the government.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The profession of newsgathering and publishing, or the physical plant necessary for publishing.

    Blog text (34)
  • The Court has, at times, applied what appears to be heightened scrutiny to First Amendment claims by newsgathering entities.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Reuters' Anthony De Rosa, known for his contributions to Reuters' social media and innovative newsgathering, noted that speed is crucial.

    Blog text (10)
  • Most importantly, although the Court has alluded to some protection for newsgathering, the scope and even the existence of such a right remain frustratingly unclear.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Indeed, knowledge production is a qualitatively different act from newsgathering in part because it typically seeks the discovery of truth not already known, rather than broader access to information already possessed by some.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Furthermore, even if the Court were inclined to protect a right to newsgathering, it is not clear that such a right would also protect implementing scientific methodologies.

    Academic text (2017)
  • In the United States, a forerunner of cooperative newsgathering organizations was the Harbor News Association, founded in 1849 by six New York City dailies to collect news jointly from incoming ships.

    Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

information gathering
vsnewsgathering
7 3.5

Collecting facts or data for a specific purpose

is focused specifically on collecting facts to produce news reports

How Thorough

investigation
∞ 2.9
newsgathering
  • Literature
1 3.7
monitoring
123 3.2

Surface Forms

newsgathering singular

Morphology

newsgathering = news + gathering (transparent) = news + gather + ing

Clear compound of 'news' + 'gathering' meaning the activity of collecting news; learners who know both parts can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Newsgathering comes from two simple parts: news (literally 'new things') and gathering ('collecting'). So it means the process of collecting new information and facts to make news stories.