cor ‧ re ‧ spon ‧ dent /ˌkɒrəˈspɒndənt, ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndənt $ ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːn-, ˌkɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
1 . someone who is employed by a newspaper or a television station etc to report news from a particular area or on a particular subject ⇨ reporter
political/foreign/legal etc correspondent
the political correspondent for ‘The Times’
Our correspondent in South Africa sent this report.
2 . someone who writes letters:
I’m not a very good correspondent, I’m afraid.
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COLLOCATIONS
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + correspondent
▪ a foreign correspondent (=reporting on other countries)
He became a top BBC foreign correspondent.
▪ our Beijing/Cairo/Washington etc correspondent (=sending reports from a particular place - used by a newspaper or TV station)
This report comes direct from our Tel Aviv correspondent.
▪ a political correspondent
As our political correspondent wrote last week, this decision is welcome.
▪ a newspaper correspondent
During the war he was employed as a newspaper correspondent.
▪ a war correspondent
Being a war correspondent is a dangerous job.
▪ an education/health/sports etc correspondent
Here is our sports correspondent with all the details.
▪ a special correspondent (=one with a special area of responsibility)
He was a special correspondent for animals and the environment.
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THESAURUS
▪ journalist someone who writes for a newspaper or magazine:
She worked as a journalist on the New York Times.
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I've always wanted to be a journalist.
▪ reporter someone whose job is to find out about news stories and ask questions for a newspaper, television or radio company etc:
A crowd of reporters were waiting outside the house all night.
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He told reporters that he had no intention of resigning.
▪ correspondent someone who writes news articles or does reports about a particular subject, especially a serious one, for a newspaper or news organization:
our economics correspondent
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a war correspondent
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He was the BBC's correspondent in Moscow.
▪ columnist someone who writes articles, especially about a particular subject, that appear regularly in a newspaper or magazine:
an influential financial columnist
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a gossip columnist
▪ hack informal a disapproving word for a journalist, especially one whose work is of low quality:
The editor sent one of his hacks to interview the murderer’s girlfriend.
▪ newsman/woman ( also newspaperman/woman ) a general word for someone who works for a newspaper, especially a reporter or editor:
an experienced newspaperman
▪ the press newspapers and journalists in general:
The press always like a good story about the royal family.
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the right-wing press
▪ Fleet Street the British press. This phrase comes from the street in London, where many newspapers used to have their offices:
Relations between the government and Fleet Street aren't as cosy as they once were.