retellers
Those who recount
Retellers are people who tell a story again, especially one originally told by someone else.
The term appears most often in discussions of folklore, mythology, and adaptations: Modern retellers of Greek myths often update the stories for contemporary audiences.
A reteller may faithfully reproduce a tale or reshape it significantly.
Devices bridging incompatible formats
- translatorsLanguage conversion specialists
- novelistsWriters of long-form fiction
- authorsCreators of written works
- anthologistsCompilers of literary selections
editors · rewriters · interpreters · abridgers · illustrators · publishers · scribes
African oral tradition keeper
- bardPoet of epics
- raconteurSkilled storyteller
- minstrelTraveling performer of songs
- troubadourMedieval Provençal lyric poet
narrator · reciter · folklorist · tale-spinner · chronicler · oral historian · keepers · remembrancers
Those who gather news
- correspondentsThose who exchange messages
- newscastersTelevision news presenters
- journalistsNews gatherers and writers
- broadcastersThose who transmit programming
commentators · eyewitnesses · documentarians · interviewers · columnists · bloggers · podcasters
Clergy who deliver sermons
- evangelistsZealous advocates for causes
- missionariesReligious workers abroad
- catechistsTeachers of Christian doctrine
- rabbisOrdained Jewish spiritual leaders
adapters
Devices bridging incompatible formats
- translatorsLanguage conversion specialists
- novelistsWriters of long-form fiction
- authorsCreators of written works
anthologists · editors · rewriters · interpreters · abridgers · illustrators · publishers · scribes
griot
African oral tradition keeper
troubadour · narrator · reciter · folklorist · tale-spinner · chronicler · oral historian · keepers · remembrancers
reporters
Those who gather news
- correspondentsThose who exchange messages
- newscastersTelevision news presenters
- journalistsNews gatherers and writers
broadcasters · commentators · eyewitnesses · documentarians · interviewers · columnists · bloggers · podcasters
preachers
Clergy who deliver sermons
- evangelistsZealous advocates for causes
- missionariesReligious workers abroad
- catechistsTeachers of Christian doctrine
rabbis · imams · witnesses · proclaimers
retellersoriginators
Those who create first
creators · inventors · primary sources · innovators · pioneers