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Synonyms

cub reporter

American  

noun

  1. a young and rather inexperienced newspaper reporter.


cub reporter British  

noun

  1. a trainee reporter on a newspaper

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of cub reporter

First recorded in 1895–1900

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His career has taken him from cub reporter at the Chester Observer to being the voice behind some of the World Cup, Premier League and FA Cup's most iconic moments.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2025

As a cub reporter in 2004, Weiss gets a hot tip about Spears’ wedding to Kevin Federline at the Studio City home of a Spears confidant.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2025

As Lachlan Murdoch got older, he would spend summers working in the family business, cleaning the presses for Sydney’s “Daily Mirror,” or working as a cub reporter for the “San Antonio Express-News.”

From Reuters Sep. 22, 2023

The appearance of a cub reporter for Rolling Stone pays homage to “Almost Famous.”

From New York Times Mar. 2, 2023

Then a doctoral student, he had learned of the region’s peculiar landscape during an earlier stint as a cub reporter in Peru and thought it might make an interesting topic for his thesis.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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