Thursday, March 16, 2017

word choice - What is a TV news story called?


In English, one can say something like, "did you see that news story about that girl on TV?" or during a news segment, "on to the next story".


How do you translate single a "news story" in this context? (without dropping the subject as in 「では、次」 etc.)


I thought perhaps 記事、ニュース記事 but these seem to be for written things. 報道 is the verb and I don't think you can count 報道s.



Answer



ニュース safely refers to an individual news story/article, so you can simply say 「次のニュースです」, 「○○についてのニュースです」, 「5件のニュース」, 「3つのニュース」, etc.


Actually, many Japanese speakers (including me) often wonder "what's the plural form of news?" because ニュース is absolutely "countable" in Japanese.



記事 is of course for written articles.


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