police reporter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of police reporter
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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His research experience as a sociologist had led him to the pioneering photographs of Jacob Riis, a police reporter for the New York Tribune.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2025
Quinones is an excellent police reporter, and his storytelling is strong.
From Salon • Feb. 24, 2022
His cover letters emphasized that he wanted to be a police reporter.
From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2021
To tell you one story, back when I was a police reporter, I remember going to the Mall and talking to this one couple from somewhere like Kentucky.
From Slate • Jun. 26, 2020
While I was studying to be an anthropologist, I was also working as a police reporter for the famous Chicago City News Bureau for twenty-eight dollars a week.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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