police reporter

noun

: a reporter regularly assigned to cover police news (such as crimes and arrests)

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His research experience as a sociologist had led him to the pioneering photographs of Jacob Riis, a police reporter for the New York Tribune. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025 An El Paso police reporter got through to Nuzum and published a story about the arrest. Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025 Miami Herald police reporter Milena Malaver contributed to this report. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025 Goldberg started his journalism career as a police reporter for The Washington Post, eventually writing over 15 cover stories for The New York Times Magazine and then serving as a Middle East correspondent and then a Washington correspondent for The New Yorker. Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for police reporter

Word History

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of police reporter was in 1813

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“Police reporter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20reporter. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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