reporter
/ri'pɔ:tə/
Definition
- 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.
Noun
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a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
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