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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Responding to journalists' questions, Macron urged the United States not to hoard cutting-edge AI technologies for itself and stressed that countries must engage in global cooperation on AI regulation.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
One of them was this Torcal prototype, which was being used to shuttle journalists (your author included) around to give them a taste of the company’s first electric SUV.

— Byron Hurd, The Drive, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of journalist

Noun

Legendary Chicago Tribune columnist Ring Lardner, who was the first sportswriter to be inducted into the Pro Baseball Hall of Fame, was on hand when the Sox swept the A’s to run their winning streak to nine games.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
In 2018, the Score dropped Hanley, also a former Sun-Times sportswriter, replacing him with Haugh.

— Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of sportswriter

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Kingsolver, Everett and Kraus, all Pulitzer-winning novelists, will be making appearances, along with composer Gabriela Frank and photojournalist Jon Cherry among others.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Yohanna and his wife, photojournalist Danielle Villasana, are now living in Texas with their family.

— Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of photojournalist

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The referendum campaign has fueled debate about Iceland’s place in the world, Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir told reporters after casting her ballot in the capital on Saturday.

— Reuters, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026
Canales told reporters postgame that Evans’ absence was related to a neck injury.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of reporter

Noun

Black voters deserve answers about why Congressman Mike Collins’ former staffer posted Klan and Nazi content, and his son-in-law posted white nationalist content.

— NBC news, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026
The lobbyist said McCuskey told her the names of the former Benton staffer and the woman from the Springfield bar.

— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of staffer

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Nigeria left the Financial Action Task Force grey list in October 2025, which has helped its standing with correspondent banks, though neither that nor the FTSE decision commits a single foreign allocator to buying anything.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Special correspondent Cecilia Sánchez Vidal in Mexico City contributed.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of correspondent

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Several anti-Flock websites and muckrakers used open records laws to collect and publish hundreds of police agencies’ audit logs – internal records detailing each time an officer searched Flock for a specific tag.

— Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Carboy did find the Harding memo in the archives of the late Village Voice muckraker Wayne Barrett, but the city has never produced it.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026

Definition of muckraker

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Jacob Rizy, a center from Staples, is taking on a larger role with the Patriots ahead of the season after second-stringer Ben Brown went down in the preseason opener.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
Patriots third-stringer Behren Morton responded by leading a 73-yard drive, capped by a 37-yard TD pass to Nick DeGennaro.

— CBS News, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026

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