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journalist

[jur-nl-ist] / ˈdʒɜr nl ɪst /
NOUN
person who writes about factual events for a living
Synonyms
STRONGEST
broadcaster columnist commentator correspondent editor press reporter writer
STRONG
announcer contributor cub hack newsperson publicist scribe scrivener stringer
WEAK
media person newspaper person pencil pusher television commentator

Example Sentences

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One French journalist at the game likened Liverpool's tactics to those of a "little team" in the French Cup coming up against PSG.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

LeMay, wrote journalist Richard Reeves in “President Kennedy: Profile of Power,” told his commander in chief he didn’t need Kennedy’s gratitude.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

But Trump himself brushed off questions about his mental health, when asked by an AFP journalist at a briefing at the White House on Monday.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

YouTuber Cleo Abram has nearly 8 million subscribers, billing herself as “a video journalist making optimistic tech explainers.”

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026

As the journalist Mark Sullivan wrote, of that moment in the garden:

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell