Meaning & use
newsroom
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Meanings
nouncountable
The room or office in a newspaper, television or radio organization where reporters and editors gather and prepare the news.
Grammar: Countable: a busy newsroom, newsrooms across the country.
Patterns
- in the newsroom
- a newsroom of something
Phones were ringing all over the newsroom when the story broke.
The editor called the whole newsroom together for a meeting.
She spent her first week in the newsroom just watching how stories were checked.
nouncountablefigurative
The journalists and editors of a news organization considered together, as a group with shared habits and decisions.
Grammar: Used as a group word, usually with a singular verb: the newsroom is divided.
Patterns
- the newsroom decided something
The newsroom voted to reject the new ownership plan.
Morale in the newsroom fell after the budget cuts.
Many people in the newsroom doubted the rumor.
Word forms
| plural | newsrooms |
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Common combinations
- busy newsroom
- A busy newsroom runs on coffee and tight deadlines.
- newsroom staff
- Newsroom staff were told to work from home on Monday.
- newsroom culture
- A healthy newsroom culture allows reporters to challenge editors.
- newsroom diversity
- Newsroom diversity helps a paper cover all parts of the city.
- join the newsroom
- He joined the newsroom straight after university.
Synonyms and how they differ
- press room
- Press room more often means a place where journalists wait for statements or where a printing press is kept, not where articles are written.
- editorial office
- Editorial office is a formal phrase for the department that handles content and may be a few desks, while a newsroom suggests a big, fast-moving space.
- newsdesk
- A newsdesk is the group or desk that assigns stories, so it is a part of the newsroom, not the whole of it.
Word family
- news noun
- reports of recent events
- newscast noun
- a broadcast of news on radio or television
- newsworthy adjective
- interesting enough to be reported
- newspaper noun
- a printed publication of news
Commonly confused: newsroom or classroom?
newsroom vs classroom
A classroom is where students are taught. A newsroom is where reporters work, despite the similar ending.
Practice
The editor shouted across the ___ and asked who had checked the story.
Choose one answer.
Editors and reporters work in a newsroom, so it is the only place that fits a story being checked. A boardroom is for company directors, not for preparing news.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “newsroom”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.