journalist
Pluraljournalists
- 1A person whose job is to gather news and write it for newspapers, TV, or websites.
Like a storyteller for the public, except the stories are all true news.
Her dream was to become a journalist and report on world events.
Several journalists gathered outside the courthouse to wait for the verdict.
Similarreporter, correspondent
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- 2A person whose job is to find out about news and tell the public what is happening.
The journalist asked the mayor several tough questions at the press conference.
Two journalists covered the election results all through the night.
Similarreporter, correspondent
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- 3A person who keeps a personal diary and writes in it often.
Like someone who writes a little story about their own day, every single day.
Every night the journalist filled another page of her private diary.
As a careful journalist, he recorded each day's events in his notebook.
Similardiarist
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Origin
It comes from the word "journal" plus the ending "-ist".