A report is a talkative work (usually of writing, speech, television, or film) made with the specific intention of relaying information or recounting certain events in a widely presentable form.

Written reports are documents which present focused, salient content to a specific audience. Reports are often used to display the result of an experiment, investigation, or inquiry. The audience may be public or private, an individual or the public in general. Reports are used in government, business, education, science, and other fields.

Reports often use persuasive elements, such as graphics, images, voice, or specialized vocabulary in order to persuade that specific audience to undertake an action. One of the most common formats for presenting reports is IMRAD: Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion. This structure is standard for the genre because it mirrors the traditional publication of scientific research and summons the ethos and credibility of that discipline. Reports are not required to follow this pattern, and may use alternative patterns like the problem-solution format.

Additional elements often used to persuade readers include: headings to indicate topics, to more complex formats including charts, tables, figures, pictures, tables of contents, abstracts, summaries, appendices, footnotes, hyperlinks, and references.

Some examples of reports are: scientific reports, recommendation reports, white papers, annual reports, auditor's reports, workplace reports, census reports, trip reports, progress reports, investigative reports, budget reports, policy reports, demographic reports, credit reports, appraisal reports, inspection reports, military reports, bound reports, etc.

Enterprise/Client reporting

Enterprise Reporting is a fundamental part of the larger movement towards improved business intelligence and knowledge management. Often implementation involves extract, transform, and load (ETL) procedures in coordination with a data warehouse and then using one or more reporting tools. While reports can be distributed in print form or via email, they are typically accessed via a corporate intranet.

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Dr. Andrew Rochford (born 25 July 1979) is an Australian television personality who is best known for his part in presenting the Australian health show ''What's Good For You''. He first came to public attention as the winner of the second series of the television reality show called ''The Block''. He is currently a regular on ''The 7PM Project''. He also will host Network Ten morning show Breakfast, starting 2012.

Biography

He undertook his secondary school at Saint Augustine's college before going to university and completing an undergraduate degree in medical science at Sydney University, followed by a graduate degree in medicine, which he finalised in 2004, passing with honors.

He moved to Brisbane, Queensland for a brief period, where he was a surgical trainee at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Woolloongabba.

Rochford lives an active lifestyle and enjoys playing many different sports such as swimming, skiing, basketball and golf in his spare time.

Rochford currently resides in Sydney, where he is an emergency registrar at the Royal North Shore Hospital in St Leonards.

He is married, and has a son and twin girls.

Nine Network

He has hosted a number Nine Network shows including ''Amazing Medical Stories'', ''What's Good For You'' and ''Random Acts of Kindness''.

In 2004 he and Jamie Nicholson, his girlfriend at that time, entered a competition to be a part of the Australian television show called ''The Block''. They were accepted as a reserve in the event of a departure by any other couple.

Two other contestants were forced to depart after one of the couple was found to have spent six months in jail during 2002 after conviction for a drug-related offence. Rochford and his partner then went on to win the show, which included as prize money A$100,000 plus any extra money that could be won after the auction of the property they had renovated. Following that auction, the apartment they renovated sold for $868,000 which meant that the couple pocketed the extra $78,000 above the reserve price.

Andrew's profile was so increased by his time on ''The Block'' that shortly after his win, he was offered a position with the ''What's Good For You'' team, and joined that television program in 2006. The program is hosted by Sigrid Thornton.

Specifically Rochford's task is partly to report on certain medical myths and to be a medical 'guinea-pig', testing out the fact or fallacy of the underpinning suggestion of the myth. For example he has been stung by a jellyfish to see what method best relieved the pain; eaten 15 kilograms (33 lb) of carrots to see if that consumption would improve his eyesight.

In addition to his role as a guinea pig he also has undertakes more serious roles. For example, he has reported on the concentration of pathogens in various meats, and related those facts to a better understanding of how to cook those meats.

Network Ten

In August 2011, it was announced that Rochford would be a co-host of Network Ten's new breakfast show ''Breakfast''.

Mix 106.5

It was confirmed in August 2011 that Rochford would be leaving Mix 106.5 to co-host Network Ten's new breakfast show ''Breakfast''.

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