space writer

American  

noun

1. a journalist or copywriter paid according to a space rate.

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space writer British  

noun

1. a writer paid by the area of his copy

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Etymology

Origin of space writer

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

David W. Brown, a longtime space writer and author of the book “The Mission: A True Story,” spent days observing SpaceX’s mission control room in Hawthorne, Calif., to report this article.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022

David W. Brown, a longtime space writer and author of the book “The Mission,” spent days observing SpaceX’s mission control room in Hawthorne, Calif., to report this article.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022

“Liftoff,” by Ars Technica space writer Eric Berger, is a colorful page-turner that focuses on the downs and ups of the early years of SpaceX.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2021

But these pieces, which keep coming out, have a fatal flaw, as space writer Meghan Bartels pointed out on Twitter last month: The reader is not an astronaut.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2020

String.—A strip of clipped stories pasted together end to end to indicate the number of columns contributed by a space writer.

From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)