Thesaurus results for SPORTSWRITER

sportswriter

noun

Definition of sportswriter

as in journalist

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Recent Examples of sportswriter Fancying himself the next Damon Runyon, Kennedy got a job after college as a sportswriter for the Glens Falls Post-Star, some fifty miles north of Albany. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 The Colorado High School Softball Player Award Corporation is chaired by Denver Post sportswriter Kyle Newman. — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2026 Longtime Philadelphia Daily News sportswriter Dick Jerardi once likened the process to a basketball Ponzi scheme. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 July 2026 In December a sportswriter published a column with an outright accusation of fixing the championship. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for sportswriter

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Noun

Tejedor is a Swiss filmmaker and journalist whose work explores utopias and the relationship between individuals and authority across the former Soviet Union and its satellite states.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
The local journalists who cover the Bend community every day were not immune from the grief and sadness after today’s deadly shooting of children at an elementary school.

— Phil Helsel, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of journalist

Noun

The row reached the competition jury’s press conference the day after the opening ceremony, where a reporter raised the question of historical fact and creative freedom.

— Ophélie Surcouf, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
One of my favorite quotes about Kansas City barbecue comes from a news reporter in Milwaukee.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of reporter

Noun

American freelance photojournalist Heidi Levine is treated after being attacked by Israeli settlers on October 16, 2026.

— Reuters, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
Hutton is a Zelig-like figure who was acquainted with all sorts of 1950s icons as a teenager, including legendary photojournalist Earl Leaf, who served as an early mentor.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of photojournalist

Noun

Once, when his unit came under heavy fire, a soldier running for cover caught a glimpse of Salinger hunched under a table, clacking away like a frenzied newsman on deadline.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
Candidates like actress Mayim Bialik, newsman Anderson Cooper, and Reading Rainbow star LeVar Burton.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026

Definition of newsman

Noun

And Britain itself, after the financial and cultural boom of the ’90s, has in the post-recession era settled into its new role as butler to the world, to borrow a phrase from writer and money-laundering muckraker Oliver Bullough.

— Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Several anti-Flock websites and muckrakers used open records laws to collect and publish hundreds of police agencies’ audit logs – internal records detailing each time an officer searched Flock for a specific tag.

— Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of muckraker

Noun

Our staffer’s been enjoying back pocket recipes lately—with the first one inspired by Richard Olney, the Iowan painter, food writer, and Parisian ex-pat.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
In 2019, a college student at Salisbury University was charged with illegally streaming a meeting with a congressional staffer for Harris.

— Drew Aunkst, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of staffer

Noun

Joining me for insight and analysis are NBC News Senior Washington correspondent Hallie Jackson, former Biden White House senior adviser Steve Ricchetti and Lanhee Chen, a fellow at the Hoover Institution.

— NBC news, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026
Now, correspondent Anthony Mason reports on the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York's landmark show that rewrites the story of Krasner and Pollock, two artists whose work and legacy were – aesthetically and personally – bound together.

— David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

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