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
The journalists' arrests happened not long after police issued the dispersal order.
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Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
In practice, Musk bowed to authoritarian governments or banned critical journalists when their reporting annoyed him.
—Jacob Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
The agent then shoved Moses out of the elevator and towards the group of a dozen journalists and camera crews.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
The Hustler and similar publications offer institutional, regional, and global perspectives on a range of historical events directly from student journalists.
—Joshua Finnell, JSTOR Daily, 1 Oct. 2025
Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
The journalists were documenting an arrest when they were shoved, according to the New York Immigration Coalition.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Another signatory is actor Fran Drescher, who last month ended a term as the president of the SAG-AFTRA union, whose membership includes NPR's journalists.
—Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
But public workers, journalists, and political upstarts have been building a movement to restore democracy for the public good.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
In practice, Musk bowed to authoritarian governments or banned critical journalists when their reporting annoyed him.
—Jacob Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
The agent then shoved Moses out of the elevator and towards the group of a dozen journalists and camera crews.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
The Hustler and similar publications offer institutional, regional, and global perspectives on a range of historical events directly from student journalists.
—Joshua Finnell, JSTOR Daily, 1 Oct. 2025
Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
The journalists were documenting an arrest when they were shoved, according to the New York Immigration Coalition.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Another signatory is actor Fran Drescher, who last month ended a term as the president of the SAG-AFTRA union, whose membership includes NPR's journalists.
—Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
But public workers, journalists, and political upstarts have been building a movement to restore democracy for the public good.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for journalists
Noun
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The eight-part narrative podcast by reporters Keith Sharon and Kirsten Fiscus will focus on the Skull murder case.—
Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
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In August, the OpenAI CEO told reporters the AI market was in a bubble.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Doyle Rice and Dinah Voyles Pulver are national correspondents for USA TODAY, with decades of experience covering hurricanes, weather and climate.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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Jordan Klepper hosted a segment where all the correspondents got sucked off to heaven, utilizing the show’s green screen to its best effect in years.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Journalists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journalists. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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