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title: How Media Contacts Are Categorised
description: The beat, role, and platform categories used to classify media contacts in Hive.
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# How Media Contacts Are Categorised

## Beat, role, and platform — how journalists and media contacts are classified in Hive.

This article explains how we categorise contacts associated with the media in Hive.

### Media categories

| Category | Description | Options |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Media beat** | The main area or "beat" the journalist typically follows. | Business · Climate · Consumer affairs · Energy · Politics · Press gallery · Technology |
| **Media role** | The primary role they play in the media. | Editor · Journalist · Newsroom · Other |
| **Primary media platform** | The media platforms they typically use. | Newswire · Online · Podcast · Print · Print Regional · Radio · TV |

### Who keeps this up to date?

The **SM, Media Manager** is responsible for ensuring the media contact list is broadly accurate. See **Ways of Working** for the full data ownership breakdown.

**Related articles** *(link once published)*

- How Contacts Are Categorised
- Issues and Jurisdiction
- Ways of Working

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