documenters
Those who chronicle
Documenters is the plural of documenter, a person who records, describes, or provides evidence of something.
The term applies broadly to anyone who creates documentation—journalists documenting events, activists documenting abuses, researchers documenting findings, or workers documenting procedures.
The documenters captured footage of the protest from multiple angles.
In technical contexts, documenters may specifically refer to those who write user manuals, API guides, or software documentation.
Those who gather news
- correspondentsThose who exchange messages
- chroniclersThose who record events
- witnessesThose who observe events
- photographersThose who take pictures
videographers · photojournalists · stringers · citizen journalists · press · coverage · testimony · eyewitness
Motion picture creators
- cinematographersMovie camera operators
- directorsThose who lead organizations
- producersThose who create goods
- editorsContent revisers and correctors
narrators · subjects · interviews · footage · raw material · archives · screening · festivals
Tracks or displays
- observersThose who watch events
- watchdogsProtective guardian animals
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
- advocatesThose who support causes
whistleblowers · accountability · transparency · evidence · testimony · solidarity · injustice · surveillance
Keepers of historical documents
- historiansScholars of the past
- curatorsCollection caretakers
- preservationistsAdvocates for protecting historical sites
- catalogersThose who systematically list
librarians · registrars · conservators · digitizers · indexers · metadata · provenance · collections
Authors of user guides
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
- manualsInstructional reference documents
- tutorialsInstructional guides for beginners
- wikisGroup-edited web pages
README · changelog · annotation · inline comments · style guides · knowledge base · reference guides · user guides
reporters
Those who gather news
- correspondentsThose who exchange messages
- chroniclersThose who record events
- witnessesThose who observe events
photographers · videographers · photojournalists · stringers · citizen journalists · press · coverage · testimony · eyewitness · footage
filmmakers
Motion picture creators
- cinematographersMovie camera operators
- directorsThose who lead organizations
- producersThose who create goods
editors · narrators · subjects · interviews · footage · raw material · archives · screening · festivals · vérité
monitors
Tracks or displays
- observersThose who watch events
- watchdogsProtective guardian animals
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
advocates · whistleblowers · accountability · transparency · evidence · testimony · solidarity · injustice · surveillance · protests
archivists
Keepers of historical documents
- historiansScholars of the past
- curatorsCollection caretakers
- preservationistsAdvocates for protecting historical sites
catalogers · librarians · registrars · conservators · digitizers · indexers · metadata · provenance · collections · repositories
technical writers
Authors of user guides
- specificationsStated requirements and parameters
- manualsInstructional reference documents
- tutorialsInstructional guides for beginners
wikis · README · changelog · annotation · inline comments · style guides · knowledge base · reference guides · user guides · versioning
documentersparticipants
Those actively involved
actors · subjects · performers · doers · protagonists
documentersconcealers
Products that mask blemishes
suppressors · redactors · censors · shredders · erasers
- documented immigrantAuthorized noncitizen with papers