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

Synonyms

• correspondent
• intelligencer
• newshound
• newsman
• newsperson
• pressman [British]
• reporter

Examples of journalist in a Sentence

a journalist who has won awards for two of his feature stories

Recent Examples on the Web

Bashar Assad's fall after a lightning rebel offensive has allowed journalists for the first time to start searching in Syria for evidence of the captagon empire. —Timour Azhari, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024

David Axe is a journalist and filmmaker based in Columbia, South Carolina. —David Axe, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024

Sébastien Bourdon, a French journalist with Le Monde’s video investigations unit who authored a forthcoming book on that country’s far-right, says Active Clubs are the fastest-expanding facet of far-right militancy in France. —Ali Winston, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024

That year, the founders did a shoot with legendary model and journalist Benedetta Barzini, who remains a friend of the brand and features also in the images promoting the new collection. —Sandra Salibian, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1693, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

journalist

noun

jour·​nal·​ist ˈjərn-ᵊl-əst 

: an editor of or writer for a print or digital news medium