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News service

Of or pertaining to any organisation, agency or person engaged in the business of selling news to the public.

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quote

News service; Journalism

(1) The use in a printed story or on television of the exact words spoken by a person, distinguished by quotation marks at the start and finish. (2) Short for quotation marks. ...

round

News service; Journalism

A reporter's specialist area of coverage, such as 'a police round'. Reporters develop personal contacts in these areas who can give them information. Often called a 'beat' in the ...

wires

News service; Journalism

Stories or photographs provided by wire services for journalists to use in reporting or compiling news for publication or broadcast. Media organizations typically subscribe to ...

analogue television and analogue radio

News service; Journalism

The original method of transmitting television or radio signals using radio waves, increasingly being replaced by higher quality digital broadcasting (television and radio), ...

donut

News service; Journalism

A television interview in which the studio presenter hands over to a journalist on location who interviews guests before handing back to the presenter in the studio. Term used ...

freelance journalist

News service; Journalism

Usually a reporter or editor not formally employed by any media organization, instead working on projects under contract or paid individual amounts for work accepted for ...

tape library

News service; Journalism

A radio or television station’s archive of recorded audio and video tapes. Once holding mainly magnetic tape, increasingly newsroom archives are hold sound recordings and ...