POLICE REPORTER Synonyms: 28 Similar Words

police reporter

noun

Definition of police reporter

as in journalist

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Recent Examples of police reporter 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 After graduating from Duke University in 1977, Feinstein joined the Post as a night police reporter that year, covered courts and politics, too, before joining the sports department. — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for police reporter

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Noun

Unlike journalists seeking records through the California Public Records Act, the watchdog can compel internal agency records.

— Julie Watts, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026
There are claims that Cabinet officials, politicians, journalists, civil society leaders and business executives were also subjected to unauthorized surveillance.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of journalist

Noun

The following year, a New York sportswriter named Aloysious Palma made the point plainly.

— Zachary Kranc, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026
But he will mostly be remembered for his profanity-laden rant aimed at a sportswriter in the media room after Game 2 of the ALDS — a White Sox win, by the way.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of sportswriter

Noun

Sarah Gordon is a photojournalist for the Connecticut Mirror.

— Sarah Gordon, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026
Omer Shamir France Fleeing from Khan Younis, award-winning Palestinian photojournalist Mohammed Zaanoun moves his immediate family to safety in Egypt, unsure of what’s to come.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of photojournalist

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The governor-elect, speaking to reporters Thursday afternoon inside the state Capitol, had just concluded a meeting with Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas and Senate President Pro-Tempore Monique Limón.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Former baseball All-Star Mark Teixeira won a congressional seat in Texas, former football coach Tommy Tuberville won the Alabama governor’s race, but former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya lost her Senate race in Minnesota.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of reporter

Noun

The July Tribune investigation about Welch and Benton also revealed that the speaker himself had interacted with the former Benton staffer on social media, including responding to images of her with heart-eye emojis.

— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026
But his campaign was beset by questions about people in Collins' circle, including a former staffer who reportedly shared Nazi and KKK images on social media.

— Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of staffer

Noun

On this episode of The Sunday Story, NPR's senior political correspondent Tamara Keith discusses the turbulent and unpredictable political landscape of this years' midterm election.

— NPR, NPR, 1 Nov. 2026
By the early 1930s, 29 hot-type machines pressed reports sent by correspondents around the world.

— Aaron Glantz, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of correspondent

Noun

Other activists who were inspired by Thoreau’s views on nonviolent resistance include Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi and American muckraker Upton Sinclair.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
And Britain itself, after the financial and cultural boom of the ’90s, has in the post-recession era settled into its new role as butler to the world, to borrow a phrase from writer and money-laundering muckraker Oliver Bullough.

— Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of muckraker

Noun

Even third-stringer Joe Fagnano is dealing with an ankle injury, but head coach Jesse Minter announced Tuesday that the undrafted rookie out of UConn would start Thursday night against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026
Then third-stringer Marvis Parrish got hurt on the third play of the game after a first down.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

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