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journalist
journalist W3 /ˈdʒɜːnəl-əst, ˈdʒɜːnəl-ɪst $ -ɜːr-/ noun [countable]
 Word Family: noun: journal, journalism, journalist, journalese; adjective: journalistic
someone who writes news reports for newspapers, magazines, television, or radio ⇨ reporter:
    a well-known journalist and broadcaster
—journalistic /ˌdʒɜːnəlˈɪstɪk◂ $ -ɜːr-/ adjective [only before noun]:
    journalistic skills
     
THESAURUS
    journalist someone who writes for a newspaper or magazine: She worked as a journalist on the New York Times. | 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. | 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 | a war correspondent | 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 | 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. | 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.