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Definition of reporter noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

reporter

noun
 
 
/rɪˈpɔːtə(r)/
 
/rɪˈpɔːrtər/
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  1. a person who collects and reports news for newspapers, radio or television
    • He leaked the story to a news reporter.
    • He began his career as a newspaper reporter in New York.
    • She worked as an investigative reporter for a national newspaper.
    • a reporter from the  ‘New York Times’
    compare journalist see also court reporter, cub reporter
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    • The pool reporter assigned to cover the event.
    • We were warned not to talk to reporters.
    • a business reporter at the largest daily paper in Finland
    • a print reporter from the ‘Washington Post’
    • a sports reporter for a major paper
    • a staff reporter for a major paper
    • an embedded reporter with the combat team
    • She'd wanted to be a TV reporter from the age of 13.
    • the beat reporter of a leading financial daily
    • the chief reporter on the ‘Daily Herald’
    • She used to work as a sideline reporter for the Super Bowl.
    Topics Literature and writinga2, TV, radio and newsa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • chief
    • senior
    • cub
    • …
    verb + reporter
    • brief
    • speak to
    • speak with
    • …
    preposition
    • reporter at
    • reporter for
    • reporter with
    • …
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See reporter in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee reporter in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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