re‧port‧er S3 / rɪpɔtə $ -pɔrtər / 名词 [可数名词]

someone whose job is to write about news events for a newspaper, or to tell people about them on television or on the radio → correspondent , journalist :

a news reporter

COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUNS + reporter

a newspaper reporter The case attracted newspaper reporters from all over the world.

a television/radio reporter He told television reporters that he had no plans to resign.

a news/crime/sports reporter He started as a news reporter on Radio 1.

a political reporter Pinchetti became the magazine’s top political reporter.

an investigative reporter (= one that tries to find out about something important ) Two investigative reporters wrote an article linking the CIA to cocaine trafficking in Los Angeles.

THESAURUS

journalist someone who writes for a newspaper or magazine : She worked as a journalist on the New York Times. | I’ve always wanted to be a journalist.

reporter someone whose job is to find out about news stories and ask questions for a newspaper, television or radio company etc : A crowd of reporters were waiting outside the house all night. | He told reporters that he had no intention of resigning.

correspondent someone who writes news articles or does reports about a particular subject, especially a serious one, for a newspaper or news organization : our economics correspondent | a war correspondent | He was the BBC’s correspondent in Moscow.

columnist someone who writes articles, especially about a particular subject, that appear regularly in a newspaper or magazine : an influential financial columnist | a gossip columnist

hack informal a disapproving word for a journalist, especially one whose work is of low quality : The editor sent one of his hacks to interview the murderer’s girlfriend.

newsman/woman ( also newspaperman/woman ) a general word for someone who works for a newspaper, especially a reporter or editor : an experienced newspaperman

the press newspapers and journalists in general : The press always like a good story about the royal family. | the right-wing press

Fleet Street the British press. This 短语 comes from the street in London, where many newspapers used to have their offices : Relations between the government and Fleet Street aren’t as cosy as they once were.