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
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Examples of journalist in a Sentence
a journalist who has won awards for two of his feature stories
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The paper’s editorials editor Mariel Garza subsequently announced her resignation, with veteran journalists Robert Greene and Karin Klein having since followed her lead, according to the AP.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2024
In it, journalist Sarah Koenig re-examined the evidence used to convict him and followed some loose threads in the case.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Center for Defense Strategies David Axe is a journalist and filmmaker based in Columbia, South Carolina.
—David Axe, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
Baron Cohen starred in 2006's Borat as the fictional Kazakhstani journalist who travels throughout the U.S. to make a documentary, with the film featuring real-life interactions with Americans.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2024
In it, journalist Sarah Koenig re-examined the evidence used to convict him and followed some loose threads in the case.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
Center for Defense Strategies David Axe is a journalist and filmmaker based in Columbia, South Carolina.
—David Axe, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
Baron Cohen starred in 2006's Borat as the fictional Kazakhstani journalist who travels throughout the U.S. to make a documentary, with the film featuring real-life interactions with Americans.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Journalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/journalist. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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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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