| afraid |
Sometimes people say they are afraid when they feel bad about giving someone bad news or about not being able to do what that person wants. Sometimes people say "I'm afraid" just to be polite. [1/2 definitions] |
| anchor |
The main person who reports the news on a news program is called an "anchor." [1/4 definitions] |
| announce |
When you announce something, you tell it to people like a piece of news. The thing that you announce is often an important thing, and usually you tell it to many people at the same time. |
| announcement |
An announcement is the act of telling a piece of news to many people. [1/2 definitions] |
| break |
To break a piece of news means to let people know about it. Often, this piece of news is something that is bad or gives people a shock. [1/9 definitions] |
| circulation |
the movement or passage of something, such as money or news, from person to person or place to place. [1/3 definitions] |
| commentator |
a person who comments on something. Commentators often appear on radio or television shows to give opinions or explanations of news and events. |
| correspondent |
a person who reports news or contributes articles regularly to a newspaper, magazine, TV network, or the like, from a distant area. [1/2 definitions] |
| current events |
important things that have happened recently in a certain area or in other places around the world and are usually reported in the news. |
| digest |
a collection of stories, news articles, or other written works. The items in a digest are often shortened so that more of them can fit in one book or magazine. [1/3 definitions] |
| dispatch |
a message sent with speed, such as a news bulletin. [1/2 definitions] |
| headline |
the title to a newspaper article that tells what the article is about. The headline for the most important news is in the largest type on the front page of the paper. [1/2 definitions] |
| interview |
An interview is when a person such as a news reporter or scientist asks another person a lot of questions in order to get information. News reporters and people on TV often do interviews with famous or important people so that listeners or readers can find out things about that person or about some situation that that person knows about. [1/3 definitions] |
| item |
a particular bit of information or news. [1/2 definitions] |
| journalism |
the work of collecting news and information and giving it out to the public through newspapers, magazines, radio, television, or other media. |
| journalist |
A journalist is someone who writes for a newspaper or news magazine. |
| latest |
the most recent news, development, information, or the like (usually preceded by "the"). [1/3 definitions] |
| lead1 |
a short introduction that begins a news story. [1/13 definitions] |
| news |
News is information about things that are happening in the world or in one's town. When people watch the news, they watch a show that tells about the things that are happening. People can also hear the news on the radio or read it in the newspaper or online. [2 definitions] |
| newscast |
a program on television or radio that presents the news. |
| newspaper |
a publication made of several large sheets of folded paper printed with news, opinions, advertisements, and other information. Most newspapers come out either every day or once a week. |