journalist
noun
jour·nal·ist
ˈjər-nə-list 
1
a
: a person engaged in journalism
especially
: a writer or editor for a news medium
b
: a writer who aims at a mass audience
2
: a person who keeps a journal
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Examples of journalist in a Sentence
a journalist who has won awards for two of his feature stories
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Oliver is a veteran journalist with more than two decades of reporting and anchoring experience.
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Meg Oliver, CBS News, 28 May 2024
In Reality Check stories, Star-Telegram journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability.
—Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2024
This article was generated by the Kansas City Star Bot, artificial intelligence software that analyzes structured information from TomTom and applies it to templates created by journalists in the newsroom.
—Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2024
While independent journalists and activists have found a few enterprises owned by relatives of government officials, several business owners who spoke to the Herald have denied having ties with government officials and rejected that characterization.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
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Meg Oliver, CBS News, 28 May 2024
In Reality Check stories, Star-Telegram journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability.
—Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2024
This article was generated by the Kansas City Star Bot, artificial intelligence software that analyzes structured information from TomTom and applies it to templates created by journalists in the newsroom.
—Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2024
While independent journalists and activists have found a few enterprises owned by relatives of government officials, several business owners who spoke to the Herald have denied having ties with government officials and rejected that characterization.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
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“Journalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/journalist. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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journalist
noun
jour·nal·ist
ˈjərn-ᵊl-əst
: an editor of or writer for a print or digital news medium
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