on-the-scene
Americanadjective
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Early attempts to present real events on celluloid sometimes combined on-the-scene footage with staged reconstructions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
MacNeil had been a veteran journalist with the BBC; during an earlier stint with NBC News he provided on-the-scene reporting of the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2020
It’s harder to quantify differences in mask usage, but on-the-scene reports have documented widespread mask-free socializing and shopping in places like Georgia, Texas, and Orange County, California that are currently seeing case increases.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2020
“Part of the experience of living in 2016 is live, on-the-scene broadcasts,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2016
Throughout the week he appears regularly on Channel 2's 6 o'clock news as an on-the-scene reporter, and each Saturday and Sunday he co-anchors both the 6 o'clock and the 11 o'clock evening news.
From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Max Millard
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