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The press

Meaning in journalism & media, with examples

nounCore term

In journalism & media, the press means: Newspapers, magazines and news media as a group, and the journalists who work for them; originally the printing press used to produce newspapers.

In Turkish: basın, basın mensupları, gazeteciler

How it is used

Always with the: the press, the local press, the foreign press. It appears in many fixed phrases: press freedom, press office, press pass, press release, press conference. A story that gets a lot of coverage gets good or bad press.

Example sentences

  1. The minister's office refused to answer questions from the press.

  2. The new stadium has had a lot of bad press because of the delays.

Common collocations

  • the local press
  • the foreign press
  • freedom of the press
  • talk to the press
  • bad press
  • press freedomThe right of journalists and media to collect and publish information and opinions without censorship, threats or control by the state or other powerful groups.
  • media outletAny organisation or channel that publishes or broadcasts news and information, such as a newspaper, TV channel, radio station, magazine or news website.
  • press conferenceA meeting arranged by a person or organisation where they make an announcement to journalists and usually answer their questions.
  • journalistA person whose job is to gather, write, edit or present news and information for newspapers, websites, radio, television or other media.

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