as in reporters
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 journalists
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Support our local journalists with a subscription.
—Mara Williams, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
In Palma Soriano, San Germán, Banes, Baire and Contramaestre, images posted by residents, local journalists and state media showed houses that had lost their roofs or were destroyed.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
In the absence of independent monitoring on the ground, the ministry is the primary source for casualty data relied upon by humanitarian groups, journalists, and international bodies.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
The Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund followed a few years later, financing study trips to Russia and hosting international conferences with journalists, activists, and scholars.
—Tetiana Kotelnykova, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Leaving the prison after a visit on Wednesday morning, another of Sarkozy’s lawyers, Christophe Ingrain, declined to provide journalists with a comment on Sarkozy’s police protections.
—Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Many journalists, authors, and investigators have voiced doubts about these convictions, believing that the real Monster of Florence was never caught.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
It was intended as a visual aid for journalists like me accompanying the team of scientists measuring the pace at which water flows off this glacier.
—NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Support our local journalists with a subscription.
—Mara Williams, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
In Palma Soriano, San Germán, Banes, Baire and Contramaestre, images posted by residents, local journalists and state media showed houses that had lost their roofs or were destroyed.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
In the absence of independent monitoring on the ground, the ministry is the primary source for casualty data relied upon by humanitarian groups, journalists, and international bodies.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
The Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund followed a few years later, financing study trips to Russia and hosting international conferences with journalists, activists, and scholars.
—Tetiana Kotelnykova, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
Leaving the prison after a visit on Wednesday morning, another of Sarkozy’s lawyers, Christophe Ingrain, declined to provide journalists with a comment on Sarkozy’s police protections.
—Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Many journalists, authors, and investigators have voiced doubts about these convictions, believing that the real Monster of Florence was never caught.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
It was intended as a visual aid for journalists like me accompanying the team of scientists measuring the pace at which water flows off this glacier.
—NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for journalists
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For years, Wilson has been asked the same questions, either by reporters or friends back in Ontario.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Associated Press reporters Tim Reynolds in Miami, David Lieb in Jefferson City, Missouri, and Alan Suderman in Richmond, Virginia, contributed to this report.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Breaking news will be part of the mix, drawing on CNN’s international correspondents, but also planned are other segments, like movie reviews, Michaelson said.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
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To guard against undue optimism that the war in Europe would soon be over, the war correspondents stressed the difficulties that lay ahead.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Journalists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journalists. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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