Scoop - Definition and Overview

A scoop is a colloquial term to refer to a news story, (especially an exciting one) that is reported in a particular newspaper or magazine before it appears anywhere else, implying a high level of investigation skill; "a scoop" and a "scoop reporter" are highly positive assets for that newspaper's reputation. Hence, "a scoop" is a positive characterisation of a news story both within the competitive arena of journalism reporting, and among its readership.

Other meanings

• Scoop (news website) is a prominent independent news website based in New Zealand. The website is known in New Zealand for its coverage of New Zealand politics and globally for its coverage of issues like Black Box Voting (http://scoop.co.nz/mason/features/?s=usacoup) and the 911 Unanswered Questions movement (http://scoop.co.nz/mason/features/?s=UnansweredQuestions).
• Scoop (software), the Perl content management system powering Kuro5hin
• Scoop (novel), a 1938 novel by Evelyn Waugh, about a newspaper writer on a hot story
• the "scoop and run" strategy used by emergency medical services
• a deep, curved, shovel-like tool, the act of filling such a tool in order to transport the contents, or a rough measure of volume equal to the carrying capacity of a scoop tool. Kellogg's Raisin Bran famously uses the slogan "Two scoops of raisins in Kellogg's Raisin Bran."
• Scoop (album), a 1983 collection of out-takes and demo versions by Pete Townshend (followed by Another Scoop (1987), Scoop 3 (2001), and a CD compilation, Scooped (2002))