Gatekeeping

Gatekeeping is a term applied to editing and filtering process where decisions are made to let some information 'pass through' to the receiver (audience) and other information remains barred.

How news publications get the news?

• Leaks/leads (phoning in)
• We media (reported on social media)
• Investigative media (sending out journalists to see if any news will break or not)
• Press releases (groups contacting the news publications with events happening)
• Ambulance chasing (Journalists chasing after ambulances to report the happenings and interview the grieving family)