Thesaurus results for STAFFER

staffer

noun

Definition of staffer

as in reporter

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Recent Examples of staffer 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, 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 On one side are critics like Andrew Levin, a former senior Fed staffer. — Paul Wachtel, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026 Through consulting or fractional CMO services, clients can get that without the cost of hiring a C-suite staffer. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for staffer

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Noun

When asked for comment, an MLB spokesman pointed The Athletic to Eddings’ comments to reporters following Friday’s game.

— Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Kyla Guilfoil Kyla Guilfoil is a breaking news reporter on the politics team for NBC News Digital.

— Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of reporter

Noun

The first episode features Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Pablo Torre, discussing the continuing fallout from the Clippers’ salary cap circumvention scandal in the NBA.

— J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Cheng’s termination in 2024 alarmed many journalists, especially given that foreign outlets have traditionally faced less pressure than local news outlets in Hong Kong.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of journalist

Noun

The discord meant the program spent much of the summer hiring replacement correspondents, including Ross Douthat, a conservative New York Times opinion writer with no experience as a TV journalist.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Not settlement outages or correspondent failures, but fields.

— Ran Grushkowsky, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of correspondent

Noun

As a young sportswriter studying journalism at the University of Missouri, Seth Wickersham looked to Los Angeles for inspiration.

— Aaron Reiss, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Fancying himself the next Damon Runyon, Kennedy got a job after college as a sportswriter for the Glens Falls Post-Star, some fifty miles north of Albany.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of sportswriter

Noun

There was also the challenge of continuing as a photojournalist while managing the unexpected attention surrounding the photograph.

— Thomas E. Franklin, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
The Iranian filmmaker blends in the stunning work of Fatima Hassona, shahid, a talented photojournalist who hailed from the Al-Taffuq quarter of Gaza City, not far from the Al-Ashi family.

— Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of photojournalist

Noun

The Rams quickly took the lead for good on third-stringer Simpson's 11-yard TD pass to fourth-string receiver Brennan Presley for a 10-7 lead.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of stringer

Noun

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

Noun

Once, when his unit came under heavy fire, a soldier running for cover caught a glimpse of Salinger hunched under a table, clacking away like a frenzied newsman on deadline.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
Candidates like actress Mayim Bialik, newsman Anderson Cooper, and Reading Rainbow star LeVar Burton.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026

Definition of newsman

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