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

Ann lives in Stockport with her parents and older brother Scott (Kasper Hilton-Hille), who is working as a journalist on an inky rock paper down in that-there London that isn’t, but might as well be, called the New Musical Express. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026

His lawyer confronted a Sunday Times journalist who worked on the Dispatches investigation that alleged crimes by Brand. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2026

That would be Linda Godfrey, the Janesville, Wisconsin, journalist and cryptozoologist (the study of improbable animals) who died at 71 in 2022. — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

The filmmakers and journalists Trevor Snapp and Roopa Gogineni have been working on a documentary about the square for the past several years. — Maurice Samuels, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026