reporter
Chases down stories
A reporter is someone who gathers and presents news for newspapers, television, radio, or online media.
The term emphasizes the core task: reporting what happened.
Reporters gathered outside the courthouse.
A reporter may also be someone who takes down official records: a court reporter transcribes legal proceedings verbatim.
Article author identification
- headlineNews article title
- scoopFirst-reported story
- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
dateline · newsroom · press · article · dispatch · bureau · beat · lede
Point of origin
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
- leakEscape through a breach
- insiderOne with confidential access
- tipsterOne who shares predictions
confidential · anonymous · contact · deep-throat · off-the-record · background · tip · disclosure
Creator of written works
- bylineArticle author identification
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
- essayistAuthor of short prose
- criticOne who judges merit
editorial · op-ed · profile · long-form · narrative · draft · copy · prose
Secures ships to seabed
- newscasterTelevision journalism presenter
- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
- commentatorBroadcast analyst or narrator
- announcerOne who introduces programs
newsreader · anchorperson · telecast · newscast · on-air · studio · teleprompter · broadcast
byline
Article author identification
- headlineNews article title
- scoopFirst-reported story
- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
columnist · dateline · newsroom · press · article · dispatch · bureau · beat · lede · exclusive
source
Point of origin
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
- leakEscape through a breach
- insiderOne with confidential access
tipster · confidential · anonymous · contact · deep-throat · off-the-record · background · tip · disclosure · expose
author
Creator of written works
- bylineArticle author identification
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
- essayistAuthor of short prose
critic · editorial · op-ed · profile · long-form · narrative · draft · copy · prose · storytelling
anchor
Secures ships to seabed
- newscasterTelevision journalism presenter
- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
- commentatorBroadcast analyst or narrator
announcer · newsreader · anchorperson · telecast · newscast · on-air · studio · teleprompter · broadcast · segment
eyewitness
One who saw events
- firsthandWithout intermediary
- accountRecord of dealings
- observationAttentive watching or remark
embed · frontline · testimony · dispatch · conflict · coverage · breaking · vantage · credentialed
probe
Thorough examination or tool
dig · evidence · documents · sources · records · FOIA · muckraker · watchdog · accountability · corruption
- jobsdoctor, administrator, lawyer, teacher, nurse
- mediatelevision, mass media, news, broadcasting, video
- journalisminterview, editors, student editors, school paper, news
- journalism reportingnews, breaking news, news gathering, investigative journalism, feature writing
- news medianews agency, newspaper, documentary, article, news photo
- newspapernews, headline, headlines, byline, front page
reporterinterviewee
Person being formally questioned
newsmaker · spokesperson · publicist · press secretary · spin doctor
reporterpublisher
Company releasing books
editor-in-chief · media mogul · editor · managing editor · proprietor
reportercensor
One who suppresses content
propagandist · disinformation agent · suppressor · gatekeeper · spin doctor
- report cardStudent evaluation summary
- book reportWritten analysis of literature
- weather reportAtmospheric conditions summary
- news reportBroadcast about recent events
- traffic reportUpdate on road conditions
- credit reportRecord of borrowing behavior
report, reporting, reports, reported, reporters, unreported, reportage, misreported, reportorial