cub reporter

noun

: a young newspaper reporter who does not have much experience

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Moyers started his career as a teenage cub reporter at a newspaper in Marshall, Texas. Scott Simon, NPR, 28 June 2025 Moyers began his journalism career at age 16 as a cub reporter for a hometown newspaper in Marshall, Texas. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 June 2025 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

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“Cub reporter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cub%20reporter. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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