Synonyms of journalist

journalist

noun

ˈjər-nə-list 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reporter
• correspondent
• columnist
• newsman
• announcer
• broadcaster
• newsperson
• commentator
• pressman
• newshound
• newscaster
• newspaperman
• editor
• newspaperwoman
• intelligencer
• newswoman
• anchorwoman
• anchorman
• photojournalist
• anchorperson
• sportswriter
• muckraker
• staffer
• copyreader
• anchor
• stringer
• police reporter
• byliner

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of journalist

The filing said a Secret Service agent had confiscated the journalists’ credentials. — Jocelyn Noveck, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

The move came after Secret Service officers initially barred some journalists from those outlets from entering the White House earlier Thursday despite the order by Judge Timothy Kelly. — Dan Mangan,sam Meredith, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026

The news came on the same day a federal judge ordered the White House to restore hard passes to the networks’ journalists and those of and Politico. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026

The other has been hidden by banning media coverage, so the world has seen nothing but cell phone videos made by Palestinian journalists risking their lives to record them. — Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026