Definition

Noun: - Reporter; journalist; pressman: A person whose job is to collect, write, or edit news stories for newspapers, magazines, television, or radio. The term is somewhat formal and traditional in Vietnamese.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Nhiều ký giả đã có mặt tại hiện trường vụ tai nạn. (Many reporters were present at the accident scene.)
  • Ông ấy là một ký giả kỳ cựu của tờ báo này. (He is a veteran journalist for this newspaper.)
  • Công việc của một ký giả đôi khi rất nguy hiểm. (A reporter's job is sometimes very dangerous.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "ký giả" is a Sino-Vietnamese word (記者) and carries a formal, sometimes slightly literary tone. In modern, everyday contexts, words like "phóng viên" (correspondent/reporter) or "nhà báo" (journalist) are more commonly used.
• It can be used in compound titles, though these are considered separate terms:
  • Ký giả thể thao: Sports reporter/journalist.
  • Ký giả chiến trường: War correspondent.

Variants and Related Words

• Phóng viên (n): Correspondent, reporter. This is the most common modern term for a news reporter.
• Nhà báo (n): Journalist. A broader term for a person working in journalism.
• Phóng sự (n): Reportage, feature story. The type of writing often produced by a .
• Ký sự (n): Chronicle, memoir. A related literary genre.

Synonyms

• Phóng viên: Correspondent, reporter.
• Nhà báo: Journalist.
• Người viết báo: Newspaper writer (literal).

Notes on Meaning

• While the core meaning is "journalist/reporter," the term "ký giả" historically and specifically emphasizes the act of and (ký: to record, giả: person). It strongly implies a writer for the press.
• Its second, less common meaning from traditional Vietnamese dictionaries is "a person who writes chronicles or memoirs" (người viết ký sự).

noun

1. reporter; pressman; journalist