senior correspondent

Experienced news journalist

A senior correspondent is a journalist of higher rank or longer tenure who covers important stories for a news organization.

The title indicates experience and authority within the newsroom hierarchy, often with expertise in a particular area: our senior correspondent in the Middle East, senior White House correspondent.

Senior correspondents typically handle major breaking news and complex investigative pieces.

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Inexperienced newspaper staffer

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One who lacks experience

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Publication text corrector

bureau chief

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