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
Ron Wood has been a professional journalist in Arkansas for about 40 years.
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Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2025
In October 2020, more than two hundred years after the speculations of Michell, Laplace and von Soldner, a band of journalists gathered at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm to hear the Secretary General of the Academy announce the recipient of the year’s Nobel Prize in Physics.
—Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Kaif Shaikh Kaif Shaikh is a journalist and writer passionate about turning complex information into clear, impactful stories.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
George Knapp, a journalist who was among the witnesses, asked.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2025
In October 2020, more than two hundred years after the speculations of Michell, Laplace and von Soldner, a band of journalists gathered at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm to hear the Secretary General of the Academy announce the recipient of the year’s Nobel Prize in Physics.
—Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Kaif Shaikh Kaif Shaikh is a journalist and writer passionate about turning complex information into clear, impactful stories.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
George Knapp, a journalist who was among the witnesses, asked.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for journalist
Noun
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There were reporters and photographers all around, clamoring for interviews and pictures.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Gloria Casas is a freelance reporter for The Courier-News.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Lynsey, in the film, veteran war correspondent Dexter Filkins says that he gets asked all of the time if war correspondents, like you, are addicted to the adrenaline that being in a war zone creates.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, a national correspondent for USA TODAY, has written about hurricanes, tornadoes and violent weather for more than 30 years.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Journalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journalist. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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