as in reporter
a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news
a journalist who has won awards for two of his feature stories
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Related article 2024 was the deadliest year for journalists in over three decades.
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Mostafa Salem, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
Doing so would likely generate backlash from CBS journalists and others who would see it as another major media organization capitulating to the president in hopes of currying favor.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
That said, Trump has been no stranger to barring high-profile journalists from events.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
When things went off the grid, what the state of the United States military was when nobody knew exactly what was happening and how large the threat was, what the journalists were doing on the plane.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
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Mostafa Salem, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
Doing so would likely generate backlash from CBS journalists and others who would see it as another major media organization capitulating to the president in hopes of currying favor.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
That said, Trump has been no stranger to barring high-profile journalists from events.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
When things went off the grid, what the state of the United States military was when nobody knew exactly what was happening and how large the threat was, what the journalists were doing on the plane.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
See all Example Sentences for journalist
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“Journalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journalist. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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