reporter Definition
re·porter (ri pôrt′ər)
noun
a person who reports; specif.,
- a person authorized to report legal or legislative proceedings a court reporter
- a person who gathers information and writes reports for publication in a newspaper, magazine, etc.
- a person who reports news on radio or television
Etymology: ME reportour < OFr reporteur
reporter Related Forms
☆ rep′·or·to′·rial (rep′ər tôr′ē əl) adjective
☆ rep′·or·to′·ri·ally adverb
reporter Synonyms
reporter
n.
reporter Law Definition
See
court reporter.
reporter Usage Examples
Possessives
notebook: The screen cover conveniently folded underneath the unit like the cover of a reporter's notebook.
Converse of object
- rove: To find out we told YS's roving reporter, Phil South, to go to hell.
- tell: Bush told a reporter, " Labels are for cans.
- appoint: Local Plan or Public Local Inquiry: Held before a Reporter appointed by the Council to consider formal objections to the Local Plan.
- send: You are welcome to send a reporter to the public meeting.
- bud: The program culminated on 5 May 2002 with the budding reporters ' coverage of London Wasps ' match against Northampton Saints at Loftus Road.
Adjective modifier
- investigative: As an investigative reporter, " Who's behind this war?
- undercover: An undercover reporter recorded the speeches which were later broadcast on the BBC.
- intrepid: Our intrepid reporters go in search of these festivals, bringing their vivid experiences back to the pages of Songlines.
- tabloid: I doubt whether these will be embraced by the hard-nosed tabloid reporters who stir up instant outrage over Turner Prize exhibitions.
- Orcadian: The Orcadian reporter Sigurd Towrie, was the man behind the creation of the site.
- chief: Founder Adrian Mahoney is a former chief reporter of The Falkirk Herald.
Modifies a noun
- assay: This research in the area of molecular biology, involved reporter assay methods to quantify gene expression and immunological techniques to measure protein concentrations.
- gene: Genes of interest were introduced into mouse embryos alongside a " reporter gene " that produces a fluorescent substance wherever the gene is active.
Noun used with modifier
- cub: Many of my course mates had joined the newspaper and there was an opening for a cub reporter.
- speech-to-text: Verbatim speech-to-text reporters use a phonetic keyboard to provide a real-time transcript of the meeting on a computer monitor or projected onto a screen.
- showbiz: Nichol, pictured, is a camp Los Angeles showbiz reporter on celebrity channel So News, while Porter is one of the anchors.
- over-by-over: A tired and emotional Freddie Flintoff salutes your over-by-over reporter.
- newspaper: Baker, a former newspaper reporter, declined to comment.
- rookie: Uncovering corruption in high places seems like a one way ticket to the top for rookie reporter Beth Corrs... .
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