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

Claims about Farage's alleged teenage racism were first raised 13 years ago by journalist Michael Crick, when he was a reporter for Channel 4 News.

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"He was very close for the previous game so we are hopeful that tomorrow he can be in the squad," Arteta told reporters on Tuesday.

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Marcus is a reporter for the Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, which produced this story.

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In interviews with Votebeat Michigan reporter Hayley Harding, two of the letter’s signatories did not go into specifics about what they were envisioning; you can read our full report on the letter here.

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The Saudis, he told reporters in the Oval Office, “want to buy them, they’ve been a great ally.”

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