This portable camera is just the thing for on-the-spot newsgathering.
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Keep "newsgathering" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
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3 total sentences available.
This portable camera is just the thing for on-the-spot newsgathering.
Source: wiktionary
Our network has the best newsgathering operation in the country.
Source: wiktionary
How does the media love Twitter? Let us count the ways: as a tech platform practically indispensable to the work of newsgathering; as a metrics system designating clear numerical value to once-squishy concepts of popularity and esteem; as a gossip-fueled lunchroom of the elites more or less available for public participation; as an arena for duking out industry controversies ranging from #MeToo to opinions about opinion pages.
Source: wiktionary
Closest matches include journalism, reporting.
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