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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Tom Hanks played McCoy, Melanie Griffith played his mistress, and Bruce Willis played a scurrilous journalist in the center of it all.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026
The men also discussed whether Mottola should buy the rights to a book about Epstein that the late investigative journalist John Connolly was trying to sell.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Semafor is actively expanding its reporter base across Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar, with additional hiring planned across the broader region — building on a team that already includes award-winning journalists and contributors from Bloomberg, CNBC, Reuters, and The Wall Street Journal.
—Rachel Keidan, semafor.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Tom Hanks played McCoy, Melanie Griffith played his mistress, and Bruce Willis played a scurrilous journalist in the center of it all.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026
The men also discussed whether Mottola should buy the rights to a book about Epstein that the late investigative journalist John Connolly was trying to sell.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Journalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/journalist. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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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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