broadcast journalism

News via airwaves

Broadcast journalism is news reporting delivered through television, radio, or digital streaming rather than print.

The term distinguishes it from newspaper and magazine journalism, emphasizing the immediacy and audiovisual nature of the medium: She studied broadcast journalism before becoming a news anchor.

Practitioners must write for the ear and often appear on camera.

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News published on paper

print media · newspapers · periodicals · the press · wire services

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Transmission to targeted audiences

community journalism · independent journalism · citizen journalism · personal blogs · underground press

audience reach and distribution model

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Transmission to targeted audiences

private correspondence · trade publications

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