event coverage

Journalists documenting happenings

Event coverage is the reporting, documentation, or broadcast of a happening as it unfolds, typically by journalists, photographers, or media outlets.

The term applies to news events, sports, conferences, weddings, and similar occasions where someone is assigned to capture and communicate what occurs.

The network devoted three hours to live event coverage of the inauguration.

Coverage can range from real-time broadcasting to post-event summaries with photos and video highlights.

Opposites
visibility and documentation

event coveragemedia blackout

Suppression of press coverage

news blackout · private event · behind closed doors · off the record · under the radar

media attention

event coveragepress embargo

Restriction on publishing information

censorship · information blackout · cover-up · editorial oversight · gag order

Family

event, events, eventful, uneventful, eventfully, eventual, eventually, eventuality, cover

Familiarity
Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G