as in journalist
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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Rafael is a crime and breaking news reporter at the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
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arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2026
Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau reporter Garrett Shanley contributed to this story.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2026
Andrew Greif Andrew Greif is a sports reporter for NBC News Digital.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 Jan. 2026
Mike Snider is a national trending news reporter for USA TODAY.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
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Ask The Post’s journalists Our reporters and editors answer your questions.—
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
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Iranian state television on Sunday morning took a page from demonstrators, having their correspondents appear on streets in several cities to show calm areas with a date stamp shown on screen.—
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The figures would have been difficult to interpret, anyway, because the large revisions to earlier months meant that the actually new numbers could not be cleanly isolated to show what happened in December alone, Nick Timaraos, the Wall Street Journal’s chief economics correspondent, noted.—
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“Reporter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reporter. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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