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.
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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
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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
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“Police reporter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/police%20reporter. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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