journalists
journalists — noun
1. people whose job is to collect information about current events and tell the pub
people whose job is to collect information about current events and tell the public about it in print, online, on radio, or on television
Two local journalists waited outside the courthouse after the mayor's meeting ended.
local journalists outside [place] after [event]
Journalists from three stations asked Kemi about the school budget during the break.
journalists from [media outlets] asked [person] about [issue]
Several foreign journalists flew to Taipei to cover the election results.
Journalists were already filming the harbor when the rescue boat returned.
At the festival, journalists crowded around Lan after her award speech.
- reporters
usually stresses gathering facts and filing individual news stories
- correspondents
often refers to journalists based in a particular place or covering a specialist field
- columnists
more often write regular opinion pieces than general news reports
用法筆記
Often used as a broad label for reporters, editors, and broadcast news staff, not only for people who write newspaper stories.