reporter

UK /ɹɪˈpɔː.tə/ US /ɹɪˈpoɹ.tɚ/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

VERB + REPORTER

speak to, talk to, tell

The witness agreed to speak to a reporter about what she had seen that night.

PREP

~ for/with

A local journalist worked as a reporter for the BBC for over ten years.

~ from

A reporter from our local newspaper interviewed the mayor about the new community center.

~ on

The new reporter on our local news team has won two journalism awards this year.

Definitions

noun

Someone or something that reports.

The reporters of important security bugs may be paid a bounty by the software developer.

A journalist who investigates, edits and reports news stories for newspapers, radio and television.

A person who records and issues official reports of judicial or legislative proceedings.

A case reporter; a bound volume of printed legal opinions from a particular jurisdiction.

A gene attached by a researcher to a regulatory sequence of another gene of interest, typically used as an indication of whether a certain gene has been taken up by or expressed in the cell or organism population.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories

newsman
newsperson

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The reporters of important security bugs may be paid a bounty by the software developer.

Wiktionary

You are doing well for a cub reporter.

Tatoeba · #18369

The director wanted the local Asahi reporter to go to the scene of the crime.

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The reporter shot questions at the politician.

Tatoeba · #20192

The reporter took down everything that was said.

Tatoeba · #20193

The reporter covered the gas explosion in Shibuya.

Tatoeba · #20195

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