reportorial

American  

[rep-er-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-, ree-pawr-, -pohr-, -per-] / ˌrɛp ərˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-, ˌri pɔr-, -poʊr-, -pər- /

adjective

1. of or relating to a reporter.

2. of, noting, or characteristic of a report.

   His lecture was more reportorial than analytical.

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reportorial British  

/ ˌrɛpɔːˈtɔːrɪəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to a newspaper reporter

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Other Word Forms

• reportorially adverb
• unreportorial adjective

Etymology

Origin of reportorial

1855–60, report(er) + -orial, by analogy with pairs such as tutor, tutorial

Example Sentences

And I think that was not just the beginning of loving baseball, but it was the beginning of a kind of reportorial curiosity: I want to know.

From Salon

Epiphanies are sandwiched between near-irrelevancies and reportorial dead ends.

From Los Angeles Times

"We respect the traditional independence of the editorial page, but this decision 11 days out from the 2024 presidential election ignores the Washington Post's own overwhelming reportorial evidence on the threat Donald Trump poses to democracy," they shared.

From Salon

We may have finally been forced to abandon the nagging reportorial need to translate Trump’s words into promises and pledges, and leaned back out cozily into simply appreciating the former president’s ineffable sway and fist pump, and his rapturous enjoyment of show tunes.

From Slate

Sacco’s illustrated reportorial deep-dive felt like a breakthrough not just for journalism but also for the graphic novel — proving that what we once called comics can be a conduit for the darkest and most serious material.

From Los Angeles Times