journalist
noun
jour·nal·ist
ˈjər-nə-list 
1
a
: a person engaged in journalism
especially
: a writer or editor for a news medium
b
: a writer who aims at a mass audience
2
: a person who keeps a journal
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a journalist who has won awards for two of his feature stories
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2025
Although referred to as a journalist in Gaza, the IDF said Bardawil was involved in producing propaganda videos, including footage of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Photograph by Nicholas Venezia / Courtesy the Frick Collection
Holbein’s Thomas Cromwell looks like a fastidiously evil Cabinet minister who would never accidentally add a journalist to his text chain; his Sir Thomas More looks like Laurence Olivier made up to play Sir Thomas More.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
Produced by two French music journalists, Olivier Roubin and Romuald Ollivier, the book delivers on the promise of its title.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2025
Although referred to as a journalist in Gaza, the IDF said Bardawil was involved in producing propaganda videos, including footage of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Photograph by Nicholas Venezia / Courtesy the Frick Collection
Holbein’s Thomas Cromwell looks like a fastidiously evil Cabinet minister who would never accidentally add a journalist to his text chain; his Sir Thomas More looks like Laurence Olivier made up to play Sir Thomas More.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
Produced by two French music journalists, Olivier Roubin and Romuald Ollivier, the book delivers on the promise of its title.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Journalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/journalist. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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journalist
noun
jour·nal·ist
ˈjərn-ᵊl-əst
: an editor of or writer for a print or digital news medium
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