A journalist’s beat is

a. the agenda set out by the newspaper prioritizing current stories.
b. a specific issue, institution, or geographic region in which he specializes.
c. an editorial written anonymously to avoid accusations of bias.
d. pressure by the network in order to report the story as quickly as possible.
e. the bias he unintentionally brings to a story.


ANS: B

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