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jour·nal·ist (-ist)

noun

  1. a person whose occupation is journalism; reporter, news editor, etc.
  2. a person who keeps a journal or diary

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journalist Synonyms

journalist

n.

reporter, commentator, columnist, member of the fourth estate; see announcer, reporter, writer.


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journalist Usage Examples

Possessives

  • weblog: Email Oliver Luft Focus Journalism.co.uk blogging mini-series: the journalist's weblog We ask award-winning US journalist Sandeep Junnarkar: Blogging?

Converse of object

  • remind: Regarding Darfur, the PMOS reminded journalists what the Prime Minister had said during the Sudan trip.

Adjective modifier

  • investigative: He was voted " investigative journalist of the year " for 1987.

Noun used with modifier

  • freelance: About the author Celia Clark is a freelance magazine journalist.
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journalist quotes

Never trust a journalist.

-Cope,Wendy

I hesitate to say what the functions of the modern journalist may be, but I imagine that they do not exclude the intelligent anticipation of the facts even before they occur.

-Curzon (of Kedleston), Lord George Nathaniel

A journalist ishardlyanauthorityuponanythingöunless perhapsupontheappraisal of the drift of public opinion.

-Dafoe,JohnW

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