re ‧ port ‧ er S3 /rɪˈpɔːtə $ -ˈpɔːrtər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ report , ↑ reporter , ↑ reportage , ↑ reporting ; verb : ↑ report ; adverb : ↑ reportedly ; adjective : ↑ unreported ]
someone whose job is to write about news events for a newspaper, or to tell people about them on television or on the radio ⇨ correspondent , journalist :
a news reporter
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COLLOCATIONS
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUNS + reporter
▪ a newspaper reporter
The case attracted newspaper reporters from all over the world.
▪ a television/radio reporter
He told television reporters that he had no plans to resign.
▪ a news/crime/sports reporter
He started as a news reporter on Radio 1.
▪ a political reporter
Pinchetti became the magazine's top political reporter.
▪ an investigative reporter (=one that tries to find out about something important)
Two investigative reporters wrote an article linking the CIA to cocaine trafficking in Los Angeles.
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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.