Thesaurus results for REPORTERS

reporters

noun

plural of reporter

as in journalists

a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news the reporter was careful to ask as many questions as possible without annoying anyone

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Recent Examples of reporters In a statement read to reporters Friday, Kenda Freeman said her son, Kaylub Giamanco, shot the gunman in Thursday's attack at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend. — Haven Daley, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026 When the interview ended, Zacharia said hello to a crowd of reporters gathered outside, but declined to answer any questions. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026 The pair did not answer questions for reporters, even if they were seen in public together. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 16 Oct. 2026 Two people were in critical condition, San Diego Fire-Rescue Assistant Fire Chief Brian Raines told reporters at the scene. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 In a final segment, a panel featuring three national political reporters weighs in on the upcoming midterms. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026 The Athletic, which eliminated its Sox beat writer position a few years ago, had three reporters at Game 3. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026 At the time, Bragg publicly claimed, in his own defense, that Times journalists often leaned on uncredited reporters. — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026 After the ’99 Saints suffered their 10th loss in 11 games, Ditka suggested to reporters that the Saints would be better off without him. — Ira Kaufman, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026

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After Palestinian medics took Levine away, the attackers charged again and hit several journalists with rocks.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Breaking through this boredom — especially when hosting influencers and journalists who have so often been there and done that — is perhaps easier said than done.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of journalists

Noun

Trevor Noah took over the role before leaving in 2022, and anchoring duties were divvied up between a rotating cast of correspondents for just under a year in 2023.

— Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026
Daily Show correspondents Ronny Chieng, Josh Johnson, Jordan Klepper, Michael Kosta and Desi Lydic rotate hosting the Tuesday-Thursday shows; Troy Iwata and Grace Kuhlenschmidt are also correspondents.

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026

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