POLICE REPORTER Synonyms: 28 Similar Words

police reporter

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as in journalist

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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. — 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 See All Example Sentences for police reporter

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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026
Before publishing, journalists reviewed this content in compliance with McClatchy Media’s AI policy.

— Ruyuan Li. Summary produced by AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of journalist

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Adriana Valasis, an N+ reporter in Mexico City who has covered World Cups and the Olympic Games, has seen firsthand how the Mexican national team lifted the fans’ spirits and brought Mexican society together.

— Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Mike Snider is a national trending news reporter for USA TODAY.

— Mike Snider, USA Today, 5 July 2026

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Eric Bogosian’s leather jacket-wearing muckraker is still asking questions in season three of Interview With the Vampire, and the AMC series has been renamed in honor of Molloy’s latest subject.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 June 2026
Famous American muckrakers include Ida Tarbell who wrote about Standard Oil’s monopoly; Lincoln Steffens who wrote about corruption in city halls; and Upton Sinclair who exposed deplorable conditions in the meatpacking industry.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 May 2026

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In Indonesia, a stringer walks through a village, or at least what was once a village before the mud flowed down from a forest and swept the village along with it.

— Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
It’s also made Boston’s defense more susceptible, as Vucevic and third-stringer Luka Garza both are downgrades at that end.

— Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026

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