reporting

Compared meaning: media treatment of an event (noun).

比较义项：媒体对某一事件的新闻报道（名词，指报道的范围或报道行为）。

• coverage

  Coverage is an uncountable noun for how much or how widely an event is treated in the media, focusing on scope and quantity; it typically takes the preposition 'of' and never describes the journalist's own activity.

  coverage是不可数名词，表示媒体对某事件报道的“多少、广度”，强调范围和数量，通常接介词of，并不表示记者本人的报道行为。

  TV coverage of the wedding attracted millions of viewers worldwide.

  电视台对这场婚礼的报道吸引了全球数百万观众。

• reporting 本词

  Reporting is the noun form of the verb 'report', naming the act or profession of gathering and presenting news; it usually takes 'on' and can describe an ongoing activity, unlike the static, quantity-focused coverage.

  reporting是动词report的名词形式，表示“采集并发布新闻”这一行为或职业，通常接介词on，还可以表示正在进行中的报道活动，不同于只强调数量、范围的coverage。

  His reporting on the corruption scandal won a major award.

  他对腐败丑闻的报道赢得了一项重要奖项。

Coverage and reporting both concern news treatment. Coverage is uncountable, about how much or widely something is covered, usually with 'of'. Reporting is the act of gathering and presenting news, usually with 'on'. Insurance coverage and reporting to a boss are not compared.

这两个词都与新闻报道有关，容易混淆：coverage是不可数名词，强调媒体报道的“范围、篇幅”，回答“报道了多少、多广”，常接介词of；reporting强调“采集并发布新闻”这一行为或职业本身，常接介词on，也可表示正在进行的报道活动。这里不比较coverage表示“保险保障范围”的意义，也不比较reporting表示“（向上级）汇报、举报”的意义。