police reporter

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Recent Examples of police reporter The hunt for the Pillowcase Rapist, which was the subject of a series of stories that led to then-Miami Herald police reporter Edna Buchanan winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1986, was cold until a DNA hit in 2020, following the arrest of Koehler’s son. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025 His research experience as a sociologist had led him to the pioneering photographs of Jacob Riis, a police reporter for the New York Tribune. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025 An El Paso police reporter got through to Nuzum and published a story about the arrest. Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 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 See All Example Sentences for police reporter
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Noun
  • Romano points out that, when Lincoln emerged as a dark horse in the 1860 Presidential race, journalists covering the election sometimes found Mary more impressive than her spouse.
    Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • After 28 years at FOX News Channel, Cavuto, a business journalist at the network, decided to leave.
    Joyann Jeffrey, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • As sportswriter Raymond Barone, Romano kept the laughs coming through interactions with his overbearing parents and put-upon wife Debra.
    Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
  • Richard Dunn, a longtime sportswriter, writes the Dunn Deal column regularly for The Orange County Register’s weekly, The Coastal Current North.
    Richard Dunn, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • Twenty-four years ago, Arizona photojournalist Gilbert Zermeño, who contracted hantavirus after losing both his mother and sister to the illness, says news of the recent outbreak has been hard to process.
    Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 9 May 2026
  • Tentatively, perhaps dorkily, photojournalist Mindy Schauer and I strolled into the first vape shop with a question.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Tim Stelloh Tim Stelloh is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 21 May 2026
  • Amanda Lee Myers is a senior crime reporter who covers the death penalty, cold case investigations and breaking news for USA TODAY.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 21 May 2026
Noun
  • The minister added that police had recently stopped an attack against a staffer of another presidential candidate, Paloma Valencia, in the same city.
    CBS News, CBS News, 16 May 2026
  • The new map, crafted by a staffer in DeSantis’ office, cuts Democratic seats in Florida by half and favors the GOP to win 24 out of Florida’s 28 seats.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Griffith aspires to be a White House correspondent.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026
  • After the shooting at the correspondents' dinner, plans shifted to transform it into a secure facility, and costs have since soared to about a billion dollars.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • One spring day, Tan’s critical gaze landed on the work of freelance journalist Gil Duran, a tech-industry muckraker with a background in Democratic politics who was starting to take very seriously the right-wing political ambitions of San Francisco tech moguls.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • It’s also made Boston’s defense more susceptible, as Vucevic and third-stringer Luka Garza both are downgrades at that end.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Simmons did not mention Clayton Dees, who is believed to be the fourth-stringer.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026

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“Police reporter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/police%20reporter. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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