newsroom
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Definition
- Noun:
- A reading room for periodicals: A room, typically in a library or club, where newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals are available for reading.
- An office for news processing: The office or physical space within a newspaper, news agency, television station, or radio station where news is gathered, written, edited, and prepared for publication or broadcast.
- The news staff collectively: The collective body of journalists, editors, and other staff who work in the news department of a media organization.
Usage Examples
Noun (Reading Room):
- The old library had a quiet newsroom with current editions of major dailies.
- Members can access international magazines in the club's newsroom.
Noun (Processing Office):
- The television newsroom was bustling with activity as the deadline approached.
- Reporters filed their stories directly to the central newsroom.
Noun (Collective Staff):
- The entire newsroom celebrated the Pulitzer Prize win.
- A decision from management angered the newsroom.
Advanced Usage
"Newsroom culture": Refers to the particular set of attitudes, practices, and ethics that characterize a specific news organization's editorial staff.
- The newspaper is trying to change its traditional newsroom culture to be more digital-first.
"Open newsroom": A modern concept where the news production process is made more transparent to the public, sometimes involving physical or virtual access.
- The broadcaster hosted an "open newsroom" event to explain how they verify facts.
Variants and Related Words
- Newsroom itself is a compound noun. Related terms include:
- News desk (n): A specific section or team within a newsroom responsible for a particular type of news (e.g., foreign news desk).
- City room (n): A traditional term for the main newsroom of a newspaper.
Synonyms
- Editorial office: The office where editing and preparation of news content occurs.
- Press room: A room for journalists, often at an institution or event, but can overlap with the concept of a news-gathering space.
Related Phrases
Newsroom budget: The financial allocation for the news department's operations.
- Cuts to the newsroom budget led to fewer investigative reports.
Newsroom morale: The level of confidence and enthusiasm of the editorial staff.
- The layoffs severely damaged newsroom morale.
Noun
- a reading room (in a library or club) where newspapers and other periodicals can be read
- an office in which news is processed by a newspaper or news agency or television or radio station
- the staff of a newspaper or the news department of a periodical
- every newspaper editor is criticized by the newsroom