reporter

/ri'pɔ:tə/

Thân thiện

A reporter interviews a firefighter at the scene of a small building fire.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who investigates and reports or edits news stories: A reporter is someone whose job is to discover information about news events and present it for a newspaper, magazine, television, or radio program. They gather facts, conduct interviews, and write or broadcast stories.

Usage

• A reporter is a professional journalist. The word is typically used to describe someone employed by a news organization.
• It is a countable noun (e.g., a reporter, several reporters).
• The role of a reporter involves active investigation and communication of news.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The reporter asked the mayor a difficult question during the press conference.
  • She works as a television reporter for a major network.
  • Several reporters gathered outside the courthouse to cover the trial.

Advanced Usage

• "To act as a reporter": To perform the duties of gathering and presenting news, sometimes temporarily or in a specific context.

  • During the school event, the students acted as reporters for the student newspaper.

• "Reporter at large": A reporter who is not assigned to a specific beat or topic and can cover a wide range of stories.

  • After years on the politics desk, she became a reporter at large.

Variants and Related Words

• Report (verb/noun): The act of presenting news or information; a written or spoken account.
• Reportage (noun): The reporting of news, or the style in which it is reported.
• Correspondent (noun): A reporter, often one stationed in a distant location or who specializes in a particular subject (e.g., foreign correspondent, business correspondent). This is a specific type of reporter.

Synonyms

• Journalist: A broader term for a person who writes for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or prepares news to be broadcast.
• Correspondent: (See above).
• Newsperson: A general term for someone who works in the news media.

Related Phrases

• "Cub reporter": A young or inexperienced reporter.

  • He started his career as a cub reporter for the local paper.

• "Reporter's notebook": The small notebook traditionally used by reporters to take notes.

  • She scribbled the quote in her reporter's notebook.

Idioms

• "To have a reporter's eye (for detail)": To be very observant and attentive to details, like a good reporter.
  • As a novelist, she has a reporter's eye for the small details of everyday life.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories

Từ đồng nghĩa

• newsman
• newsperson