journalist
[noun]
Synonyms: reporter, broadcaster, columnist, commentator, correspondent, hack, journo (slang), newsman or newswoman, pressman

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English Thesaurus: journalist, reporter, correspondent, columnist, hack, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

jour‧nal‧ist W3 /ˈdʒɜːnəl-əst, ˈdʒɜːnəl-ɪst $ -ɜːr-/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: journal, journalism, journalist, journalese; adjective: journalistic]
someone who writes news reports for newspapers, magazines, television, or radio ⇒ reporter:
a well-known journalist and broadcaster
—journalistic /ˌdʒɜːnəlˈɪstɪk◂ $ -ɜːr-/ adjective [only before noun]:
journalistic skills

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

journalist
noun
ADJ. brilliant, good | experienced | leading, well-known | professional | freelance | investigative | foreign | magazine, newspaper, print, tabloid | broadcast, radio, television | business, environmental, fashion, financial, literary, political, sports
VERB + JOURNALIST speak to, talk to, tell She was warned against speaking to journalists about the affair.
JOURNALIST + VERB investigate sth | write (sth) a journalist writing for a current affairs publication
report (on) sth
PREP. ~ on/with an investigative journalist with a French newspaper
 ⇒ Note at JOB

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

journalist someone who writes for a newspaper or magazine:
She worked as a journalist on the New York Times.
I've always wanted to be a journalist.
reporter someone whose job is to find out about news stories and ask questions for a newspaper, television or radio company etc:
A crowd of reporters were waiting outside the house all night.
He told reporters that he had no intention of resigning.
correspondent someone who writes news articles or does reports about a particular subject, especially a serious one, for a newspaper or news organization:
our economics correspondent
a war correspondent
He was the BBC's correspondent in Moscow.
columnist someone who writes articles, especially about a particular subject, that appear regularly in a newspaper or magazine:
an influential financial columnist
a gossip columnist
hack informal a disapproving word for a journalist, especially one whose work is of low quality:
The editor sent one of his hacks to interview the murderer’s girlfriend.
newsman/woman (also newspaperman/woman) a general word for someone who works for a newspaper, especially a reporter or editor:
an experienced newspaperman
the press newspapers and journalists in general:
The press always like a good story about the royal family.
the right-wing press
Fleet Street the British press. This phrase comes from the street in London, where many newspapers used to have their offices:
Relations between the government and Fleet Street aren't as cosy as they once were.

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