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Coverage

Meaning in journalism & media, with examples

/ˈkʌvərɪdʒ/nounCore term

In journalism & media, coverage means: The way the media report an event or subject, and how much attention they give it, in print, online or on air.

In Turkish: haberleştirme, yayınlar, haber takibi

How it is used

Coverage can be live, extensive, wall-to-wall, balanced or biased. Events get or attract coverage, and outlets are praised or criticised for their coverage. The verb is cover: we covered the trial every day.

Example sentences

  1. The channel's coverage of the storm ran for eleven hours without a break.

  2. Readers complained that our coverage of the strike only quoted the employers.

Common collocations

  • live coverage
  • media coverage
  • extensive coverage
  • balanced coverage
  • get coverage
  • news storyA single piece of reporting about a recent event or issue, published in print or online or broadcast on radio or television.
  • biasAn unfair preference for or against a person, group or idea that affects how a story is chosen, written or presented.
  • correspondentA reporter who is based in a particular city or country, or who specialises in one subject, and sends regular reports from there or about it.
  • follow-upA new story that reports later developments of an event already covered, such as the results of an investigation or how people's lives changed.

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