journalist

noun

jour·​nal·​ist ˈjər-nə-list 

1

a

: a person engaged in journalism

especially : a writer or editor for a news medium

b

: a writer who aims at a mass audience

2

: a person who keeps a journal

Synonyms of journalist

• reporter
• correspondent

Examples of journalist in a Sentence

a journalist who has won awards for two of his feature stories

Recent Examples on the Web

The journalist asked Chabrol why all his greatest protagonists were women. —Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026

Marley Malenfant is a 10-year multimedia journalist who’s worked in print, digital, and broadcast. —Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026

And Handala was accused of emailing death threats earlier this month to Iranian dissidents and journalists, at least one of whom lived in the United States, the Justice Department said. —Joe Walsh, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026

This hostile relationship between journalists and a presidential administration is only part of the story about what is or isn’t happening on the ground in Iran and the Middle East. —Andrea Hickerson, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1693, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

journalist

noun

jour·​nal·​ist ˈjərn-ᵊl-əst 

: an editor of or writer for a print or digital news medium