報道

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The spelling is 報道, read ほうどう, and it combines 報, meaning report or inform, with 道, meaning way or channel.
• Basic usage: 報道 means news reporting or coverage through which newspapers, broadcasters, and other media communicate events and facts.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Reporting performed by outlets and the public role of reporting
  • Both examples use the form 報道. Several newspapers carry out a concrete act of reporting, while the second example considers journalism's role in conveying facts accurately.
• Several accident reports and accurate communication of facts
  • 事故について複数の新聞が報道した。 — Several newspapers reported on the accident.
  • 事実を正確に伝える報道の役割を考えた。 — We considered the role of journalism in accurately conveying facts.