as in reporter
a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news
a journalist who has won awards for two of his feature stories
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Recent Examples of journalist
Christopher Elliott is an author, consumer advocate, and journalist.
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Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
The move follows the DOD's controversial policy change that prohibits journalists from soliciting information not officially provided by the government—a restriction that prompted dozens of major news organizations, including the Post, New York Times, CNN and Fox News, to refuse participation.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Eventually, scientists’ misgivings, expressed largely in academic journals and to journalists, erupted into outright dissent.
—Sophie Yeo, The Dial, 4 Nov. 2025
This is the question journalists have been asking historians for a decade now.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2025
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Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
The move follows the DOD's controversial policy change that prohibits journalists from soliciting information not officially provided by the government—a restriction that prompted dozens of major news organizations, including the Post, New York Times, CNN and Fox News, to refuse participation.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Eventually, scientists’ misgivings, expressed largely in academic journals and to journalists, erupted into outright dissent.
—Sophie Yeo, The Dial, 4 Nov. 2025
This is the question journalists have been asking historians for a decade now.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for journalist
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But just a few hours earlier, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins had insisted to reporters that the contingency fund could not be used even if the administration wanted to.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Nine hours after addressing reporters in the wake of a humbling 28-6 loss to Baltimore, Mike McDaniel was at it again on Friday, speaking to Dolphins reporters via Zoom in the normal day-after-game media availability that’s required for all NFL head coaches.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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Chloe Melas Chloe Melas is an entertainment correspondent for NBC News.—
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy is a White House correspondent for USA TODAY.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Journalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journalist. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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