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Definition: News Conference |
News ConferenceNoun1. A conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: News ConferenceSynonym: press conference (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
News conferences are sometimes held by politicians (such as the President of the United States); by sports teams; by celebrities or film studios; by commercial organizations to promote products; by attorneyss to promote lawsuits; and by almost anyone who finds benefit in the free publicity afforded by media coverage.
A news conference is announced by mailing or faxing an advisory or news release to assignment editors, preferably well in advance. Normally they are held in hotel conference rooms or other formal settings; they may also take place at disaster sites, courthouses or other places where news is breaking.
In a news conference, one or more speakers may make a statement, which may be followed by questions from reporters. Sometimes only questioning occurs, sometimes there is a statement with no questions permitted.
A White House news conference is customarily ended by the senior White House correspondent (Helen Thomas) saying, "Thank you, Mr. President." President George W. Bush, who reportedly dislikes Thomas, declines to follow the tradition of allowing Thomas to end news conferences. Mr. Bush is known for having far fewer news conferences than other Presidents.
A media event at which no statements are made, and no questions allowed, is called a photo opportunity.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "News conference."
Crosswords: News Conference |
| Specialty definitions using "news conference": Internet Society. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | James E. Webb, speaking at a news conference in Washington, D.C. with Dr. Hugh L. Dryden at left.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | At a September news conference, a Tibetan government official compared Chinese actions in Tibet to foreign governments' responses to cult activity. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Kazakhstan | The newspaper had received a copy of the appeal at a news conference attended by other local media. (references) |
Human Rights | Colombia | In late November, the director of the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights in the country, Anders Kompass, described the country's overcrowded prisons to a news conference as terrible. (references) |
Uzbekistan | At the same news conference the Minister of Justice explicitly rejected the notion that these or any other prisoners could be classified as "political" on the grounds that all had been tried and convicted of crimes; however, nearly all of the convictions were based on forced confessions, which makes it impossible to determine what percentage of those convicted actually violated the law. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bill Thomas | First of all, Bob, they're not retroactive. Ari Fleischer used that term in a news conference, and then realized he was wrong. And in a follow-up news conference, he said he was wrong, so they aren't retroactive. |
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| Language | Translations for "news conference"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | konferencë shtypi (press conference). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مؤتمر صحفي (press conference). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | conférence de presse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מסבת עתו אים (press conference). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sajtótájékoztató (press conference), sajtókonferencia (press conference). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | konperensi pers. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 共同会見 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きょうどうかいけ". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ewsnay onferencecay agência de notícias (news agent). (various references) пресс-конференция (press conference, press-conference). (various references) konferencija za štampu (press conference). (various references) rueda de prensa. (various references) presskonferens (press conference). (various references) basın toplantısı (press conference, the press conference), basın konferansı. (various references) cuộc họp báo (press conference). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-e-e-f-n-n-n-o-r-s-w" | |
-3 letters: conferences. | |
-4 letters: conference. | |
-5 letters: conferees, fencerows. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 65 77 73 43 6F 6E 66 65 72 65 6E 63 65 |
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HTML Code (1990) (references)N e w s   C o n f e r e n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0077 0073 0043 006F 006E 0066 0065 0072 0065 006E 0063 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48718985237818072718471806971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Quotations: Spoken 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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