Media scrum

How it is used

Use for a crowded and often informal questioning scene, rather than an orderly scheduled briefing.

Example sentences

1. A media scrum formed around the coach as she left the disciplinary hearing.

   The expression describes the reporters' crowded physical arrangement.

2. His answer was barely audible above the questions from the media scrum.

   Competing questions distinguish this scene from a controlled interview.

Common collocations

• a media scrum
• face a media scrum
• surrounded by a media scrum

Related terms

• press conferenceA meeting arranged by a person or organisation where they make an announcement to journalists and usually answer their questions.
• interviewA meeting or conversation in which a journalist asks someone questions to get information, opinions or quotes for a story or programme; also the published or broadcast result.

More terms: News Gathering and Sources

• source
• press release
• scoop
• news agency
• anonymous source
• tip-off
• embargo
• press pass
• eyewitness
• spokesperson
• statement
• fixer