Meanings
- uncountablebroadcastingThe collection of information related to current events.
Our network has the best newsgathering operation in the country.
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This portable camera is just the thing for on-the-spot newsgathering.
How does the media love Twitter? Let us count the ways: as a tech platform practically indispensable to the work of newsgathering; as a metrics system designating clear numerical value to once-squishy concepts of popularity and esteem; as a gossip-fueled lunchroom of the elites more or less available for public participation; as an arena for duking out industry controversies ranging from #MeToo to opinions about opinion pages.
2022 April 14, Delia Cai, “Severance, the New York Times’s Twitter Guidelines, and the Forever Illusion of Work-Life Balance”, in Vanity Fair, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2023In its lawsuit, the Times said the policy unlawfully restricts essential newsgathering techniques and gives the Pentagon “unfettered” discretion to revoke passes, permitting it to impose the type of “viewpoint-based” press restrictions forbidden by the constitution.
2026 March 20, “US judge blocks Pentagon’s restrictions on press after New York Times lawsuit”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2026
Origin
Translations
Dutch nieuwsgaring
- nieuwsgaringcollecting information
French journalisme, collecte d'informations
- journalismecollecting information
- collecte d'informationscollecting information
Portuguese apuração
- apuraçãocollecting information
Cite this entry
newsgathering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newsgathering
“newsgathering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newsgathering. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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