cub reporter

noun

: a young newspaper reporter who does not have much experience

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As a cub reporter in 2004, Weiss gets a hot tip about Spears’ wedding to Kevin Federline at the Studio City home of a Spears confidant. Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025 Although Eleanor initially rejects Nina’s pleas for a profile, the cub reporter’s persistence pays off. Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025 Gunn tapped David Corenswet to play Clark Kent/Superman at 25, a bit more established than the young cub reporter of Smallville, for instance. ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025 Gunn tapped David Corenswet to play Clark Kent/Superman, at 25 a bit more established than the young cub reporter of Smallville, for instance. Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2024 At the time, the great novelist and short story writer was a 23-year-old cub reporter working in Switzerland. Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2024 In Anne Rice’s book and the movie that followed, Daniel Molloy is a cub reporter trembling over his tape deck. Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 11 July 2024 Jimmy Olsen, Superman franchise (1938–present) Sidekick to: Clark Kent/Superman On the big screen, Daily Planet photographer and cub reporter Jimmy Olsen is relegated to playing Clark's (and Superman's) gee-whiz cheerleader. Ew Staff Updated, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024 Taking on this new job in journalism at ABC made him, Charlie thought, the oldest cub reporter in the country. CBS News, 28 Jan. 2024

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