means A scoop is a rounded utensil for digging out portions of something soft, the act of doing so, or a single ladled portion — and, by extension, an exclusive news story dug up before anyone else.

from From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German 'schope,' a vessel for bailing water, related to the family of words around 'shape' and 'shovel' that all circle the idea of hollowing and lifting. The journalistic 'scoop' — beating rivals to a story — is a later figurative leap: you 'scoop up' the news before the competition can dig in.