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Behind the Scenes in TV News. Words and Expressions. challenge. a demanding task or situation
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Behind the Scenes in TV News Words and Expressions
challenge • a demanding task or situation • a new or difficult task that tests sb’s ability and skill: an exciting / interesting challenge / The role will be the biggest challenge of his acting career. / to face a challenge (= to have to deal with one) / Destruction of the environment is one of the most serious challenges we face. / Schools must meet the challenge of new technology (= deal with it successfully).
newscast • noun • (especially NAmE) a news programme on radio or television
associate • having shared function or membership but with a lesser status • associate professor noun • (in the US and Canada) a teacher at a college or university who has a rank just below the rank of a professor.
exercise • use or apply (a faculty, right, or process) • to use your power, rights or personal qualities in order to achieve sth: When she appeared in court she exercised her right to remain silent. / He was a man who exercised considerable influence over people.
operation • ORGANIZED ACTIVITY • [C] an organized activity that involves several people doing different things: a security operation / The police have launched a major operation against drug suppliers. / the UN peacekeeping operations
cover • REPORT NEWS • [vn] to report on an event for television, a newspaper, etc.; to show an event on television: She’s covering the party’s annual conference. / The BBC will cover all the major games of the tournament.
wire service • (especially NAmE) an organization that supplies news to newspapers and to radio and television stations
collaboration • 1[U, C] collaboration (with sb) (on sth) | collaboration (between A and B) the act of working with another person or group of people to create or produce sth: She wrote the book in collaboration with one of her students. /The government worked in close collaboration with teachers on the new curriculum.
collaboration • /collaboration between the teachers and the government / It was a collaboration that produced extremely useful results. • 2[C] a piece of work produced by two or more people or groups of people working together
rundown • rundown (in / of sth) (BrE) a reduction in the amount, size or activity of sth, especially a business: a rundown of transport services • rundown (on / of sth) an explanation or a description of sth: I can give you a brief rundown on each of the applicants.
clean slate a clean 'sheet / 'slate • a record of your work or behaviour that does not show any mistakes or bad things that you have done: No government operates with a completely clean sheet. / They kept a clean sheet in the match (= no goals were scored against them).
retake • the act of filming a scene in a film / movie again, because it was not right before
ad lib • verb • (-bb-) to say sth in a speech or a performance that you have not prepared or practised SYN improvise: [v] She abandoned her script and began ad-libbing. [vn] I lost my notes and had to ad-lib the whole speech. • ad lib noun: The speech was full of ad libs. • ad lib adjective: an ad lib speech • ad lib adverb: She delivered her lines ad lib.