cub reporter

American  

noun

1. a young and rather inexperienced newspaper reporter.

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cub reporter British  

noun

1. a trainee reporter on a newspaper

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Etymology

Origin of cub reporter

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

His career has taken him from cub reporter at the Chester Observer to being the voice behind some of the World Cup, Premier League and FA Cup's most iconic moments.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2025

As Lachlan Murdoch got older, he would spend summers working in the family business, cleaning the presses for Sydney’s “Daily Mirror,” or working as a cub reporter for the “San Antonio Express-News.”

From Reuters • Sep. 22, 2023

As the cub reporter who had chronicled the Red Tide’s legal triumphs, it was a reunion for me too.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2023

In 1896, an editor at the Washington Evening Star sought to test a cub reporter, 29-year-old William Wallace Price.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2023

Its rent had helped put her through Denison, then had become a monthly “booster”—as her mother had put it—while she started off as a cub reporter.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng