reporter

[ri-pawr-ter, -pohr-] / rɪˈpɔr tər, -ˈpoʊr- /

NOUN

person who informs

Synonyms

STRONGEST

columnist correspondent editor interviewer journalist writer

STRONG

anchor anchorperson announcer cub newscaster newsperson newswriter scribe scrivener stringer

WEAK

ink slinger legperson newshound press person

Example Sentences

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Guest: Max Chafkin, reporter with Bloomberg Businessweek and cohost of the Everybody’s Business podcast.

From Slate • Jun. 12, 2026

Fox News contributor and Outkick founder Clay Travis, who was watching the game at home, told reporter Rachel Nichols, who was in the building, that what she heard was not true.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

So if the central bank was not making an insurance hike, one reporter asked, what was it doing?

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

"I will, I will," Trump said when an AFP reporter asked him in the Oval Office if he planned to be at any World Cup matches.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

One day he brought a pushy newspaper reporter and insisted Maggie tell the man that there was no engagement.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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