Reporter

(noun)

A reporter is a type of journalist who researches, writes, conducts interviews, and makes reports.

Related Terms

Examples of Reporter in the following topics:

  • Media Bias

    • Media bias is the bias of journalists and news producers in the selection of events and stories that are reported, and how they are covered.
    • Because it is impossible to report everything, selectivity is inevitable.
    • In the nineteenth century, journalists began to recognize the concept of unbiased reporting as an integral part of journalistic ethics.
    • Advertising bias refers to when stories are selected or slanted to please advertisers; corporate bias refers to when stories are selected or slanted to please corporate owners of media; mainstream bias refers to a tendency to report what everyone else is reporting, and to avoid stories that will offend anyone.
    • When done carelessly, a point/counterpoint can be just as unfair as a simple biased report, by suggesting that the "losing" side lost on its merits.

  • Tax Loopholes and Lowered Taxes

    • Thus, 18-19% of total reportable income is not properly reported to the IRS.
    • Tax evasion is an activity commonly associated with the underground economy, and one measure of the extent of tax evasion is the amount of unreported income, namely the difference between the amount of income that should legally be reported to the tax authorities and the actual amount reported, which is also sometimes referred to as the "tax gap. "
    • When tips, side-jobs, cash receipts, and barter income is not reported it is illegal cheating, because no tax is paid by individuals.
    • An IRS report indicates that, in 2009, 1,470 individuals earning more than $1,000,000 annually faced a net tax liability of zero or less.
    • Thus, 18-19 percent of total reportable income is not properly reported to the IRS.

  • Journalists

    • A reporter is a type of journalist who researches, writes, conducts interviews, and makes reports.
    • Reporters may split their time between working in a newsroom and going into the field to witness events or to conduct interviews.
    • Reporters may be assigned a specific beat or area of coverage.
    • Organizations such as the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders publish reports on press freedom and advocate for journalistic freedom.
    • As of November 2011, the Committee to Protect Journalists reports that 887 journalists have been killed worldwide since 1992.

  • Journalistic Standards

    • In accordance with the accuracy and standards for factual reporting, reporters are expected to be as accurate as possible given the time allotted and the space available for story preparation, and to seek only reliable sources.
    • In addition, events with a single eyewitness are to be reported with attribution.
    • Events with two or more independent eyewitnesses may be reported as facts.
    • Controversial facts are reported with attribution.
    • News style is the prose style used for news reporting in media such as newspapers, radio and television.

  • Analyzing Data

    • When a single, global margin of error is reported for a survey, it refers to the maximum margin of error for all reported percentages using the full sample from the survey.
    • If the statistic is a percentage, this maximum margin of error can be calculated as the radius of the confidence interval for a reported percentage of 50%.
    • This level is the probability that a margin of error around the reported percentage would include the "true" percentage.
    • For example, if the poll reports 47% for Kerry, his support could actually be as high as 50% or as low as 44%.
    • The difference between two percentage estimates may not be statistically significant even when they differ by more than the reported margin of error.

  • Making Agencies Accountable

    • Over the years, GAO has been referred to as "The Congressional Watchdog" and "The Taxpayers' Best Friend" for its frequent audits and investigative reports that have uncovered waste and inefficiency in government.
    • The news, media, and television often draw attention to GAO's work by covering stories on the findings, conclusions, and recommendations in GAO reports.
    • These standards pertain to auditors' professional qualifications, the quality of audit effort, and the characteristics of professional and meaningful audit reports.

  • Consumer Interest Groups

    • Two examples of consumer groups concerned with a broad range of consumer goods are the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and the Consumer Union, who publishes the Consumer Reports.
    • Consumer Reports is known for its rigorous product testing including side-by-side comparison of similar products.
    • Consumer Reports also continues to do lobbying work around issues such as telecommunications and mass media, health care, and product safety.

  • Conference Committee

    • In order to conclude its business, a majority of both House and Senate delegations to the conference must indicate their approval by signing the conference report.
    • Formerly, the Senate required a Senator to object to the whole bill as reported by the conference committee.
    • The conference committee produces a conference report melding the work of the House and Senate into a final version of the bill.
    • A conference report proposes legislative language as an amendment to the bill and also includes a joint explanatory statement of the conference committee.
    • But once the first house has passed the conference report, the conference committee is dissolved and the second house to act can no longer recommit the bill to conference.

  • Oversight

    • The necessary and proper clause of the Constitution also allows Congress to enact laws that mandate oversight by its committees, grant relevant authority to itself and its support agencies, and impose specific obligations on the executive to report to or consult with Congress, and even seek its approval for specific actions.
    • For example, the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, requires agencies to consult with Congress on their strategic plans and report annually on performance plans, goals, and results.
    • In fact, more than 2,000 reports are submitted each year to Congress by federal departments, agencies, commissions, bureaus, and offices.
    • Inspectors general (IGs), for instance, report their findings about waste, fraud, and abuse. and their recommendations for corrective action, periodically to the agency head and Congress.
    • The IGs are also instructed to immediately issue special reports concerning particularly serious problems to the agency head, who transmits them unaltered to Congress within seven days.

  • Drafting the Final Document

    • The report from the Committee on Detail at the Constitutional Convention constituted the first draft of the United States Constitution.
    • The Convention adjourned from July 26 to August 6 to await the report of the Committee of Detail.
    • This report constituted the first draft of the United States Constitution.
    • The Constitutional Convention adjourned to await the report of the Committee of Detail, which was to produce a first draft of the Constitution.