correspondentnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌkɒr.ɪˈspɒn.dənt/us/ˌkɔːr.əˈspɑːn.dənt/correspondent noun [ C ] (REPORTER)
a person employed by a newspaper, a television station, etc. to report on a particular subject or send reports from a foreign country:
a war correspondent
the education correspondent for the Guardian
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- In her latest dispatch, Clare Duggan, our war correspondent, reported an increase in fighting.
- She spoke emotionally about her experiences as a war correspondent.
- Our foreign correspondent filed this report earlier today.
- Perhaps her most productive period was her five-year stint as a foreign correspondent in New York.
- Our racing correspondent has the following tips for the 3.15 and the 3.45 at Newmarket .
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Broadcasting: radio & television presenters
- anchor
- anchorman
- anchorwoman
- announcer
- broadcaster
- commentator
- deejay
- desk
- DJ
- emcee
- frontman
- host
- newscaster
- newsreader
- shock jock
- sportscaster
- weather forecaster
- weathergirl
- weatherman
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News reporting & the press
correspondent noun [ C ] (LETTER WRITER)
formal someone who writes letters:
I'm a terrible correspondent - I never seem to get the time to write.
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People who write for work or pleasure
- adapter
- authorial
- authorship
- chronicle
- co-author
- contributor
- copywriter
- cub reporter
- ghostwrite
- hack
- investigative journalism
- journalist
- naturalist
- playwright
- poet laureate
- satirist
- screenwriter
- scribbler
- scriptwriter
- speechwriter
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