news beat
Journalist's coverage area
A news beat is a particular subject area or geographic territory that a journalist covers regularly: the crime beat, the political beat, the city hall beat.
Reporters assigned to a beat develop expertise and sources in that area.
She's been covering the education beat for fifteen years.
Beat reporting contrasts with general assignment work.
- reporterOne who gathers news
- journalistNews profession practitioner
- press passJournalist's access authorization
- scoopFirst-reported story
- deadlineTime limit for completion
coverage · assignment · byline · off the record · sources · exclusive · breaking · story · front page · dispatch · editor · press · crime · police blotter · politics · city hall · metro · sports
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- student newspapersschool paper, student editors, student press, editor in chief, editorial board