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police reporter

American  

noun

  1. a news reporter assigned to cover a police department for newsworthy events.


Etymology

Origin of police reporter

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

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Schieffer, was a 26-year-old police reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram at the time.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2023

Mr. German first got hooked on journalism back in his native Milwaukee, where he got an internship in the late 1970s and befriended the local police reporter, Jim Romenesko.

From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2022

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

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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