reporter

[ri-pawr-ter, -pohr-]

noun

1. a person who reports.

2. a person employed to gather and report news, as for a newspaper, wire service, or television station.

3. a person who prepares official reports, as of legal or legislative proceedings.

reporter

/ rɪˈpɔːtə /

noun

1. a person who reports, esp one employed to gather news for a newspaper, news agency, or broadcasting organization

2. a person, esp a barrister, authorized to write official accounts of judicial proceedings

3. a person authorized to report the proceedings of a legislature

4. social welfare an official who arranges and conducts children's panel hearings and who may investigate cases and decide on the action to be taken

Word History and Origins

Origin of reporter¹

1350–1400; Middle English reportour < Anglo-French ( Old French reporteur ). See report, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Last month, Chambers sat down with Wall Street Journal reporters and editors to discuss the direction of the tech sector and the difficulties startups face.

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Randall Smith, a former financial reporter for The Wall Street Journal, is a writer in New York.

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Bankruptcy news, analysis and insights from WSJ's global team of reporters and editors.

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In an article on this subject, the Journal will not attribute your answers to you by name unless a reporter contacts you and you provide that consent.

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Venture Capital news, analysis and insights from WSJ's global team of reporters and editors.

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