journalist
noun
jour·nal·ist
ˈjər-nə-list 
1
a
: a person engaged in journalism
especially
: a writer or editor for a news medium
b
: a writer who aims at a mass audience
2
: a person who keeps a journal
Examples of journalist in a Sentence
a journalist who has won awards for two of his feature stories
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Then the eminent fashion journalist Suzy Menkes intervened, advising him to return home.
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Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2025
Christopher Null, a longtime technology journalist, is a contributor to WIRED and the editor of Drinkhacker.
—Christopher Null, WIRED, 17 Feb. 2025
Lanzmann, who passed away in 2018 at the age of 92, was a brilliant journalist, writer and filmmaker known for being highly confrontational, as well as highly egocentric.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
He was taken from the field and later had to be wheeled through the journalists’ mixed zone seemingly unable to walk under his own power before being taken from the stadium to a local hospital.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
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Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2025
Christopher Null, a longtime technology journalist, is a contributor to WIRED and the editor of Drinkhacker.
—Christopher Null, WIRED, 17 Feb. 2025
Lanzmann, who passed away in 2018 at the age of 92, was a brilliant journalist, writer and filmmaker known for being highly confrontational, as well as highly egocentric.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
He was taken from the field and later had to be wheeled through the journalists’ mixed zone seemingly unable to walk under his own power before being taken from the stadium to a local hospital.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Journalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/journalist. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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journalist
noun
jour·nal·ist
ˈjərn-ᵊl-əst
: an editor of or writer for a print or digital news medium
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