reporter

Word family  noun report reporter reportage reporting adjective unreported verb report adverb reportedly

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re·port·er /rɪˈpɔːtə $ -ˈpɔːrtər/ ●●● S3 noun [countable]  BOREPORTsomeone whose job is to write about news events for a newspaper, or to tell people about them on television or on the radio 记者 → correspondent, journalist a news reporter 新闻记者n COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUNS + reportera newspaper reporterThe case attracted newspaper reporters from all over the world.a television/radio reporterHe told television reporters that he had no plans to resign.a news/crime/sports reporterHe started as a news reporter on Radio 1.a political reporterPinchetti became the magazine's top political reporter.an investigative reporter (=one that tries to find out about something important)Two investigative reporters wrote an article linking the CIA to cocaine trafficking in Los Angeles.

Examples from the Corpus

reporter• An Examiner reporter explored the store Monday and found dusty shelves, half-stocked produce stands and a dark interior.• She works as a junior reporter for the Today programme.• She works as a junior reporter on a local paper.• Eleven years later I worked with him as a local newspaper reporter when he was a club manager at Ayr United.• A crowd of reporters were waiting outside the house all night.• a crowd of reporters• Print reporters know their stories stand a better chance of making the front page.• The hearing was to determine if the reporter, Jennifer Lenhart, should be forced to reveal her confidential sources.• They cited internal government guidelines against talking to reporters without prior approval of agency public affairs officers.• But Gazza told reporters afterwards he was just disappointed his team had lost.• They told reporters that they were protesting at a police attack on the demonstrators at the Guildhall.• He used to work as a TV reporter in LA.• "We've reached a critical stage in the negotiations, " he told waiting reporters.• A watching reporter was not impressed.

re·port·er noun →n COLLOCATIONS1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable  

is about Corpus someone to write whose job

reporter
re‧port‧er S3 /rɪˈpɔːtə $ -ˈpɔːrtər/ noun [countable]someone whose job is to write about news events for a newspaper, or to tell people about them on television or on the radio ⇨ correspondent, journalist:
    a news reporter
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ ADJECTIVES/NOUNS + reporter
   ▪ a newspaper reporter The case attracted newspaper reporters from all over the world.
   ▪ a television/radio reporter He told television reporters that he had no plans to resign.
   ▪ a news/crime/sports reporter He started as a news reporter on Radio 1.
   ▪ a political reporter Pinchetti became the magazine's top political reporter.
   ▪ an investigative reporter (=one that tries to find out about something important) Two investigative reporters wrote an article linking the CIA to cocaine trafficking in Los Angeles.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ journalist someone who writes for a newspaper or magazine: She worked as a journalist on the New York Times. | I've always wanted to be a journalist.
   ▪ reporter someone whose job is to find out about news stories and ask questions for a newspaper, television or radio company etc: A crowd of reporters were waiting outside the house all night. | He told reporters that he had no intention of resigning.
   ▪ correspondent someone who writes news articles or does reports about a particular subject, especially a serious one, for a newspaper or news organization: our economics correspondent | a war correspondent | He was the BBC's correspondent in Moscow.
   ▪ columnist someone who writes articles, especially about a particular subject, that appear regularly in a newspaper or magazine: an influential financial columnist | a gossip columnist
   ▪ hack informal a disapproving word for a journalist, especially one whose work is of low quality: The editor sent one of his hacks to interview the murderer’s girlfriend.
   ▪ newsman/woman (also newspaperman/woman) a general word for someone who works for a newspaper, especially a reporter or editor: an experienced newspaperman
   ▪ the press newspapers and journalists in general: The press always like a good story about the royal family. | the right-wing press
   ▪ Fleet Street the British press. This phrase comes from the street in London, where many newspapers used to have their offices: Relations between the government and Fleet Street aren't as cosy as they once were.

re·port·erBrE /rɪˈpɔːtə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /rɪˈpɔːrtər/ 🔊 nouna person who collects and reports news for newspapers, radio or television 记者；通讯员◆a reporter from the New York Times《纽约时报》的记者◆a crime reporter报道罪案的记者  ➡  compare journalist  ➡  see also cub reporter