報道
ほうどう · houdou · JLPT N1 · noun
coverage
📰 報 = report + 道 = road: a report sent along the road to readers, which is news coverage
報 means report or inform, and 道 means road or way. Coverage is a report carried out along public channels to the people who read or watch it.
道 — 辶 (walk) + 首 (head)
Originally a compound of 辶 'walk/movement' and 首 'head', depicting a path one walks while looking ahead. The literal sense 'road, way' extended metaphorically to 'method, doctrine, the Way (Dao)'. This philosophical meaning became central in Daoist and Confucian thought.