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

In fact, the journalist, podcast host, and media personality has already been hard at work on several new projects — including one with an HGTV legend. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025

Sydney Gore is a writer, editor, and journalist based in New York City. —Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025

This article was generated by the Kansas City Star Bot, artificial intelligence software that analyzes structured information from TomTom and applies it to templates created by journalists in the newsroom. —Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025

Also threaded in throughout is the journey of Lucy (Tilda Cobham-Hervey), a breast cancer patient with the thankless job of serving as a generic stand-in for the kind of person who might fall for Belle and Milla’s snake oil, and Justin (Mark Coles Smith), her journalist husband. —Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025

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