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
Alexandra Koch is a Fox News Digital journalist who covers breaking news, with a focus on high-impact events that shape national conversation.
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Alexandra Koch , Matt Finn, FOXNews.com, 22 Mar. 2026
Swisher is a veteran journalist and author and now a TV personality.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Mar. 2026
So, rather than abide by the new policy, journalists from virtually every major American news outlet turned in their press passes en masse last October.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
The Committee to Protect Journalists has named the person detained in Iran in January as a journalist at Japan’s public broadcaster NHK.
—ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026
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Alexandra Koch , Matt Finn, FOXNews.com, 22 Mar. 2026
Swisher is a veteran journalist and author and now a TV personality.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Mar. 2026
So, rather than abide by the new policy, journalists from virtually every major American news outlet turned in their press passes en masse last October.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
The Committee to Protect Journalists has named the person detained in Iran in January as a journalist at Japan’s public broadcaster NHK.
—ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for journalist
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David’s view The voters most keen to talk with political reporters are, typically, extremely engaged in politics.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Mike Danahey is a freelance reporter for The Courier-News.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Sometimes the culprit is the observer—the propagandizing correspondent, the mythologizing historian.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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The in-depth investigation by Mediapart correspondent Marine Turchi, who has investigated several high-profile MeToo cases in France, covers accusations from another six women whose paths crossed Bruel in the cinema, music and tennis worlds as well as luxury spas.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Journalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journalist. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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