Newspaper
A regularly issued publication that reports news and often includes commentary, features, advertising, and other information.
Newsroom: The organization and workspace where journalists report, edit, and prepare news for publication. Reporters, editors, and production staff coordinate each issue here.
Acta Diurna: Public notices displayed in ancient Rome, often described as an early form of official news publication. It is a prominent ancient precedent for regularly shared public information.
Investigative journalism: Journalism that uncovers matters of public interest through sustained research and reporting. Newspapers have used extended investigations to expose concealed wrongdoing.
News magazine: A periodical that presents news and analysis, usually with a slower publication schedule and more developed features than a daily newspaper. Its longer production cycle permits a different balance of depth and timeliness.
Public sphere: A social domain where people discuss matters of common concern and form public opinion. Newspapers have provided a shared venue for debate beyond private life.
News gathering: The process of finding, verifying, and developing information for journalistic publication. It supplies the material that becomes the newspaper’s stories.
Relation (newspaper): A printed news publication issued in Strasbourg in 1605 and often identified as the first modern newspaper. Its regular printed issues mark a milestone in the newspaper’s emergence.
Local news: Reporting about events, institutions, and issues affecting a particular community or region. Local papers connect coverage to the daily concerns of nearby communities.
Broadcast journalism: The reporting and presentation of news through radio or television broadcasts. Broadcast news delivers sound and images rather than a printed edition.
Yellow journalism: Sensational newspaper reporting that prioritizes attention and emotional impact over restraint and accuracy. Competition for circulation helped produce notorious excesses in newspaper coverage.