English Vocabulary in Use - 50 The news: gathering and delivering

print journalism

newspapers and magazines

broadcast journalism

radio and TV

online journalism

news websites

pressure groups

people trying to influence what other people think about a particular issue

air their views

express their opinions

press conferences

meetings to give information to and answer questions from the press

issue a statement/press release

give a formal announcement to the press

seeking publicity

wanting to reach a wider audience

soundbite

short memorable sentence or phrase that will be repeated in news bulletins and articles

hunt for

look for

tapping useful sources

making use of people or organisations which regularly provide news

monitoring

regularly checking

airtime

minutes given to it on radio or TV

column inches

space

coverage

media attention

paparazzi

an informal and sometimes disapproving word for press photographers

rag

informal word for a newspaper, suggests it isn’t of very high quality

gutter press

a disapproving term used about the kind of newspapers and magazines that are more interested in crime and sex than serious news

exclusive/scoop

a story only found in one newspaper

put their own gloss/spin on

present in their own way

muck-racking

collecting scandal

occurence

happening, event