journalistnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdʒɜː.nə.lɪst/us/ˈdʒɝː.nə.lɪst/B1 a person who writes news stories or articles for a newspaper or magazine or broadcasts them on radio or television:
a freelance political journalist
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- The journalist asked the minister how he viewed recent events.
- The journalist took notes throughout the interview.
- The government has refused to allow foreign journalists into the area for several weeks.
- He refused to say anything in reply to the journalists' questions.
- The minister pushed past the waiting journalists, refusing to speak to them.
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News reporting & the press
- ambulance chaser
- city desk
- CNN
- court correspondent
- coverage
- desk
- hack
- lay
- lead with sth
- lobby correspondent
- muckraking
- news agency
- news conference
- press box
- reporter
- silly season
- story
- syndicate
- syndicated
- the gutter press
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People who write for work or pleasure
journalistic
adjective uk/ˌdʒɜː.nəˈlɪs.tɪk/us/ˌdʒɝː.nəˈlɪs.tɪk/
the decline of journalistic standards