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
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Examples of journalist in a Sentence
a journalist who has won awards for two of his feature stories
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Who is Phil Donahue? Donahue began as a journalist at WHIO, an AM radio station based in Dayton, Ohio.
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Joey Garrison, The Enquirer, 3 May 2024
Starting this week, that voice belongs to Laura Randall, a veteran journalist who has written extensively about hiking and the outdoors.
—Laura Randall, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
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Joey Garrison, The Enquirer, 3 May 2024
Starting this week, that voice belongs to Laura Randall, a veteran journalist who has written extensively about hiking and the outdoors.
—Laura Randall, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
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“Journalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/journalist. Accessed 6 May. 2024.
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journalist
noun
jour·nal·ist
ˈjərn-ᵊl-əst
: an editor of or writer for a newspaper or magazine or radio and television news
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