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Embedded journalist

Meaning in journalism & media, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In journalism & media, embedded journalist means: A reporter attached to a military unit and accompanying it during operations.

In Turkish: askeri birliğe iliştirilmiş gazeteci

How it is used

Use for an attachment arrangement; explain access conditions and the limits of the reporter's vantage point.

Example sentences

  1. The embedded journalist travelled with the medical unit throughout the operation.

    The reporter's movements and observations are tied to the unit being accompanied.

  2. As an embedded journalist, she could describe the patrol but not events across the city.

    Close access to one group does not provide a complete view of the wider situation.

Common collocations

  • work as an embedded journalist
  • embedded journalist access
  • embedded journalist report
  • 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.
  • coverageThe way the media report an event or subject, and how much attention they give it, in print, online or on air.

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