newsroom

newsroom — noun

1. a room or office in a newspaper, television station, or radio station where jour

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Definition

a room or office in a newspaper, television station, or radio station where journalists and editors gather, check, and prepare local and international news stories to be shared with the public through print, television, or radio broadcasts.

Example

Quinn works in the City TV newsroom, checking local stories before they air.

collocation: works in a newsroom

By six in the morning, the newsroom will be full of reporters planning their day.

time-based scene: newsroom at different hours

Common collocations
  • work in a newsroom
  • newsroom staff
  • digital newsroom
  • busy newsroom
  • newsroom editor
  • live from the newsroom
Synonyms
  • editorial office

    broader term that can refer to any publishing or content-creation workspace, not limited to news

  • news desk

    more specific — refers to the assignment desk or team within a newsroom, not the whole room

Grammar Patterns

newsroom + verb (singular/plural)

Word family

Synonym discussion

Sense: noun/1

Newsroom is the most general term for the physical space where news is gathered and prepared. A news desk is a specific part of that space — usually a single desk or team responsible for assigning reporters and coordinating coverage. An editorial office is a broader term that includes any publication's content-production workspace, such as a magazine or blog, not only news. Pressroom has an older, more specific meaning tied to the printing-press area of a newspaper building, though it is sometimes used interchangeably with newsroom in modern media. For example: 'Tunde walked into the busy newsroom and went straight to the city news desk to collect his assignment,' versus 'The magazine's editorial office in Taipei has a relaxed atmosphere, quite different from a TV newsroom.'

news deskeditorial officepressroom

Common collocations

Nouns

  • newsroom staff
  • newsroom editor
  • newsroom floor
  • newsroom desk
  • newsroom manager

Phrases

  • run a newsroom
  • manage a newsroom
  • work in a newsroom
  • enter the newsroom
  • leave the newsroom

Prepositions

  • in the newsroom
  • across the newsroom
  • from the newsroom
  • inside the newsroom

Etymology

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A compound word formed in English from 'news' (new information, from the plural of 'new', modeled on the French word 'nouvelles') and 'room' (a space within a building). The term dates back to the early 1800s, when newspapers first set up dedicated rooms for receiving and preparing late-breaking reports.