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Follow-up

Meaning in journalism & media, with examples

/ˈfɒləʊ ʌp/nounCommon term

In journalism & media, follow-up means: A new story that reports later developments of an event already covered, such as the results of an investigation or how people's lives changed.

In Turkish: takip haberi, devam haberi, haberin devamı

How it is used

Editors ask reporters to do or write a follow-up, often a day, a week or a year later. The phrasal verb is follow up: we followed up on the story. A follow-up question in an interview presses for more detail.

Example sentences

  1. We ran a follow-up six months after the fire to see if the families had been rehoused.

  2. Her follow-up question forced the director to give a clear answer.

Common collocations

  • do a follow-up
  • follow-up story
  • follow-up question
  • follow up on a story
  • news storyA single piece of reporting about a recent event or issue, published in print or online or broadcast on radio or television.
  • breaking newsNews about an important event that is happening right now or has only just happened, reported as soon as it is known and updated as more details come in.
  • angleThe particular point of view or focus a journalist chooses for a story, which decides which facts and voices come first.
  • 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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