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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Mr. Eddy is a filmmaker and journalist focused on the built environment.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The Italian journalist and writer from Piedmont founded Slow Food in 1986, in protest against the opening of the first fast food restaurants in the country.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Dan George is a BBC Sport journalist who covers Southampton.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

But that’s why I’m a journalist and not a government official.

From Slate • May 21, 2026

Race relations in Durham, declared a journalist who lived there for several years, were “distinguished by mutual politeness” and by “little public friction between the races.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

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