noun · neutral
journalist
UK/ˈdʒɜːnəlɪst/US/ˈdʒɝːnəlɪst/JOUR·nal·ist
a person who collects, writes, and publishes news stories for newspapers, TV, or online media
Examples
“A journalist interviewed the mayor about the new transport policy.”
“Many journalists specialise in political reporting.”
“The freelance journalist sold the feature to three different magazines.”
Band 8 sentence
“As an investigative journalist she spent months checking documents and interviewing witnesses before publishing the exposé.”
Collocations
- investigative journalist
- freelance journalist
- press freedom / journalists' safety
Word family
Common mistakes
She is a newsman.→She is a journalist.
He writes news for TV but he is a writer.→He is a journalist.
Say it for a higher band
5writer→6reporter→7+journalist
Synonyms
reporter
Easily confused
reporter
“The reporter filed a live dispatch from the scene of the protests.”
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