news tip
Informant's media offering
A news tip is a piece of information given to journalists or media outlets about a potentially newsworthy story.
Tips often come from anonymous sources, whistleblowers, or witnesses: She called in a news tip about corruption at city hall.
Many organizations maintain tip lines for the public to report stories worth investigating.
- scoopFirst-reported story
- leakEscape through a breach
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
- sourcePoint of origin
- confidential sourceProtected informant's identity
informant · whistleblower · exclusive · anonymous · breaking · breaking story · front page · insider · inside information · story · reporter · journalist · rumor · hotline · confidential · expose · investigation · phone
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- pressnewspaper, press laws, free press, newsroom, press cards
- local newslocal reporter, local politics, local events, city council, local elections
- student mediastudent newspaper, school newspaper, campus paper, school paper, student press
- informationdata, facts, details, knowledge, intel
- PRpublic relations, press release, PR agency, media kit, PR campaign
news tipnews story
Media report of events
news release · headline · breaking news · editorial · press coverage
news tipnews broadcast
news bulletin · publication · media release · press release · public announcement