-
Trending Now:
More Trending:
- transgender beleaguer scaramouch non sequitur admiral's mast
- ALL
Definition of journalist
1a : a person engaged in journalism; especially : a writer or editor for a news mediumb : a writer who aims at a mass audience
2 : a person who keeps a journal
Read the Latest from M-W
Examples of journalist in a Sentence
a journalist who has won awards for two of his feature stories
Recent Examples of journalist from the Web
-
Lefty journalist Eric Alterman also gets some of the blame, as his 2003 book What Liberal Media? featured a long diatribe against that evil pseudoscientist Charles Murray, which naturally piqued my interest.
-
But this isn't Trump’s first attack on journalists.
-
So heads turn and necks crane to take in the strange sight as Minh Phan greets our group of journalists and photographers filing out of the arrivals terminal.
-
USA TODAY Sports From time to time, members of The Enquirer staff will write personal essays to give you a sense of the journalists who bring you the news.
-
Lowell contributed to the fact obsession that journalists have today.
-
Hardly any acronym strikes more horror in American hearts than ISIS, the extremist group that boasts of bombing teens at concerts, driving trucks into holiday crowds, and beheading journalists.
-
The company has already lost Kalanick's right-hand man, Senior Vice President of Business Emil Michael, following a number of gaffes including his suggestion that the company target a journalist who had been investigating the company.
-
And Simpson, during a sandwich lunch with Paul Wood in the BBC’s Washington radio studio, reached into his briefcase and handed over to the British journalist a redacted version of Steele’s initial report.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'journalist'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of journalist
1693
JOURNALIST Defined for Kids
journalist
playDefinition of journalist for Students
: an editor or reporter of the news
Learn More about journalist
-
Thesaurus: All synonyms and antonyms for journalist Spanish Central: Translation of journalist Nglish: Translation of journalist for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of journalist for Arabic speakers
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up journalist? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Writing? Check your grammar now!