取材(しゅざい)

取材(しゅざい) refers to the journalistic process of gathering information for news, articles, or media content. Functions as both a noun and a する verb.

Common patterns

• 取材(しゅざい)する: to gather news, to report on
• 取材(しゅざい)を受(う)ける: to be interviewed/covered
• 取材(しゅざい)に行(い)く: to go on a reporting assignment
• 取材(しゅざい)を断(ことわ)る: to decline an interview

Compounds

• 取材(しゅざい)班(はん): reporting team
• 取材源(しゅざいげん): news source
• 現地(げんち)取材(しゅざい): on-site reporting
• 取材(しゅざい)対象(たいしょう): subject of coverage

Etymology

取(しゅ) (take/gather) + 材(ざい) (material). Literally "gathering material" for a story.