beat reporter
Assigned territory journalist
A beat reporter is a journalist assigned to cover a specific subject area or institution on an ongoing basis—the crime beat, the education beat, city hall.
The beat is the reporter's regular territory, where they develop expertise and sources over time.
She's been the paper's beat reporter on environmental issues for a decade.
- journalistNews profession practitioner
- newsroomMedia gathering hub
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- scoopFirst-reported story
- bylineArticle author identification
source · anonymous source · on the record · off the record · assignment · press · press conference · coverage · story · lead story · interview · notebook · breaking · exclusive · front page · headline · crime · police blotter
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- Media Historyprinting press, newspaper, telegraph, radio, television
- newspapersnewspaper, headlines, headline, news, articles
- pressnewspaper, press laws, free press, newsroom, press cards
- broadcast newsnewscast, news anchor, correspondent, breaking news, headline news
- crime newscrime scene, breaking news, police blotter, trial coverage, true crime
beat reporterspecial correspondent
Journalist covering specific assignments
war correspondent · foreign correspondent · breaking news reporter · investigative journalist · feature writer
beat reportereditor
One who revises text
managing editor · editor-in-chief · news director · executive editor · columnist
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