staffer

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Recent Examples of staffer Hanson noted on Friday that the organization’s executive director, Jenne Nelson, had taken a leave of absence to work in the Ward 4 office at City Hall, leaving much of the organization’s day-to-day management on the shoulders of a single staffer. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 7 Apr. 2025 Only California and Washington, D.C., both of which are solidly Democratic, count more federal government staffers. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025 Those toilets are maintained by federal staffers employed by the U.S. Forest Service or contractors working for the agency. Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 1 Apr. 2025 Former staffers suggested the new processes had stifled the release of commercially sensitive research to avoid the leaking of potential innovations. ArsTechnica, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for staffer
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Noun
  • The China Film Administration (CFA), the body that handles film releases and quotas in the country, released a statement on Thursday in response to a reporter’s question about whether the Trump administration’s increasing tariffs on China would impact imports of American films.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Local news reports say that Lee’s arraignment is scheduled for Wednesday. Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy is a White House correspondent for USA TODAY.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Steven Erlanger is the chief diplomatic correspondent in Europe and is based in Berlin.
    Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But that’s just me, an Eastern sportswriter who goes to bed early and might be missing some of the nuance here.
    Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • His thread is about John Feinstein, the legendary sportswriter (A Season on the Brink), who has just died.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • As of Saturday, all employees could not access VOA headquarters in Washington, D.C. All VOA freelancers and stringers worldwide, and those with monthly contracts or assignments, have to stop working because there is now no way to pay them, the source added.
    Camilla Schick, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Born in the Bronx, Katz got his start as a stringer with The New York Times, paying his dues during the early 1960s before moving to the newspaper’s sports desk.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • But that doesn’t feel as much for Clooney as for Murrow and the values for which the newsman stood, writes Tribune theater critic Chris Jones.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The piece thankfully stops short of being a hagiography of Murrow: the point is made therein that by stepping so far out into partisan waters as distinct from just reporting the news, the great newsman opened the door to partisan attacks on a clearly partisan media.
    Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Goldberg started his journalism career as a police reporter for The Washington Post, eventually writing over 15 cover stories for The New York Times Magazine and then serving as a Middle East correspondent and then a Washington correspondent for The New Yorker.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Feinstein joined the Post in 1977 as a night police reporter but soon found his groove in the sports department.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The iconic newsperson died Friday evening her representative Cindi Berger tells PEOPLE.
    Stephen M. Silverman, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2022
  • And then, art imitated life when Apple TV+ released The Morning Show, which followed the story of disgraced newsperson Mitch Kessler (Steve Carell), who was ousted by his network for inappropriate relationships with women.
    Tanya Edwards, refinery29.com, 8 Jan. 2020

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“Staffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staffer. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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