stringer

Example Sentences

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She previously covered corporate governance and financial regulation as an intern reporter at Bloomberg Law and reported on crime as a metro stringer at the New York Times.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

She contributed to the New York Times as an election stringer during the 2024 presidential election and reported on culture and politics at the Paris Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025

Then it was back to collecting Djokovic's racquets and taking them to the stringer.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025

As a high school junior, he signed on as a stringer, feeding varsity wrestling and hockey results to the paper’s sports department.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

One sent in a stringer to nose around The Coffee Pot Cafe for a human-interest story since it was August, a slow month for news.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck