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noun jour·nal·ist \ˈjər-nə-list\

Definition of journalist

  1. 1a :  a person engaged in journalism; especially :  a writer or editor for a news mediumb :  a writer who aims at a mass audience

  2. 2 :  a person who keeps a journal

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Examples of journalist in a Sentence

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

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journalist Synonyms

Synonyms
correspondent, intelligencer, reporter, newshound, newsman, newsperson, pressman [British]
Related Words
announcer, broadcaster, newscaster, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswoman; anchor, anchorman, anchorperson, anchorwoman; byliner, columnist, commentator; copyreader, editor; muckraker, photojournalist, police reporter, sportswriter, staffer, stringer

Other Job Terms

factotum, milliner, ostler, scrivener, tinker, webster, wordsmith

JOURNALIST Defined for Kids

journalist

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noun jour·nal·ist \ˈjər-nə-list\

Definition of journalist for Students

  1. :  an editor or reporter of the news

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