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Recent Examples of police reporter
The hunt for the Pillowcase Rapist, which was the subject of a series of stories that led to then-Miami Herald police reporter Edna Buchanan winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1986, was cold until a DNA hit in 2020, following the arrest of Koehler’s son.
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
His research experience as a sociologist had led him to the pioneering photographs of Jacob Riis, a police reporter for the New York Tribune.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
An El Paso police reporter got through to Nuzum and published a story about the arrest.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
Feinstein joined the Post in 1977 as a night police reporter but soon found his groove in the sports department.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
His research experience as a sociologist had led him to the pioneering photographs of Jacob Riis, a police reporter for the New York Tribune.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
An El Paso police reporter got through to Nuzum and published a story about the arrest.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
Feinstein joined the Post in 1977 as a night police reporter but soon found his groove in the sports department.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for police reporter
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Mrigakshi is a science journalist who enjoys writing about space exploration, biology, and technological innovations.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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As Semafor wrote in 2024, despite having just a small staff of editors, curators, and some journalists with its Apple News podcast, the platform is read by tens of millions of people, who might casually scroll the platform or check out stories via push alerts.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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Sign up for Ced's Corner Sign up for Cedric Golden's weekly newsletter which drops each Tuesday with hot takes from the unique perspective of the Statesman's resident sports columnist who was named the 2025 National Sports Media Association's Texas sportswriter of the year.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Feb. 2026
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From the Pleasantonweekly, a story from last December from a high school sportswriter detailing his frustration with the transfer issues in California high school sports.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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Combat is what drove award-winning photojournalist Brent Renaud, killed in Ukraine in 2022.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Bob’s teenage niece Dot, a gifted but reckless photojournalist, is pursuing her own leads in the city at night.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
19 Feb. 2026
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Another Network reporter pointed out the songs were not performed in their entirety.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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This recognition is greatly deserved, because Nick has owned this beat like no other reporter.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
18 Feb. 2026
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Jackson's press secretary is an inexperienced staffer from Ebony magazine who basically carries bags, and phones for charters when Jackson misses scheduled flights.—
Gail Sheehy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
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News in October that the late staffer had confided in them about the relationship.—
Juliegrace Brufke,
CBS News,
20 Feb. 2026
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The former film, from Joshua Seftel, follows CBS correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp on an essay project into the bedrooms of kids gunned down in school shootings, their private worlds heartbreakingly preserved by their families.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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In between their stints as figure skating correspondents at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, Martha and her bestie Snoop Dogg have been taking in the sights and sounds of Milan together, including, of course, the food.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
20 Feb. 2026
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One spring day, Tan’s critical gaze landed on the work of freelance journalist Gil Duran, a tech-industry muckraker with a background in Democratic politics who was starting to take very seriously the right-wing political ambitions of San Francisco tech moguls.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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The man in his 50s was discovered inside his white Toyota sedan in a parking structure along Century Boulevard near LAX, according to footage broadcast by RMG News, a stringer news service.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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Stidham instead began the 2020 season as a third-stringer behind Newton and Brian Hoyer.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Police reporter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/police%20reporter. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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