police reporter

noun

Definition of police reporternext
as in journalist

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Recent Examples of police reporter 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 After graduating from Duke University in 1977, Feinstein joined the Post as a night police reporter that year, covered courts and politics, too, before joining the sports department. — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for police reporter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for police reporter
  1. journalist
  2. sportswriter
  3. photojournalist
  4. reporter
  5. staffer
  6. correspondent
  7. muckraker
  8. stringer
Noun
  • Associated Press journalist Hallie Golden in Seattle contributed to this report.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • Israel’s wartime response has resulted in the killings of over 73,000 Palestinians, including civilians, journalists and humanitarian workers, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
    — Jake Shore, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
Definition of journalist
Noun
  • Longtime Philadelphia Daily News sportswriter Dick Jerardi once likened the process to a basketball Ponzi scheme.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • In December a sportswriter published a column with an outright accusation of fixing the championship.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026
Definition of sportswriter
Noun
  • Up until then, Silbiger had mainly documented the inner workings of Capitol Hill and the White House as a freelance photojournalist in Washington, DC.
    — Sarah Silbiger, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • The film paints a portrait of pioneering photojournalist Gerda Taro, the German-Jewish war photographer, anti-fascist and artist whose legacy has long been overshadowed.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 July 2026
Definition of photojournalist
Noun
  • Daily newspapers keep scores of advance obituaries on file so reporters aren’t scrambling on deadline when an important person in the community dies.
    — Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 26 July 2026
  • Valkyrie is not quite open for business, but Eveland and her business partner — Valkyrie technical director Desmond Browning — gave a Statesman reporter and photographer a tour of the facility and a preview of the training that will be offered.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2026
Definition of reporter
Noun
  • There has been no confirmation that Welch himself spoke with Benton after the former staffer’s complaint.
    — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
  • In an interview with CNN last week, the female staffer strenuously denied this.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
Definition of staffer
Noun
  • Times staff writer Linthicum reported from Mexico City and special correspondent López from Jacksonville, Fla.
    — Ismael López, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
  • One of the most intriguing parts of the evening involved the correspondents’ association’s annual journalism awards presentation.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Definition of correspondent
Noun
  • Carboy did find the Harding memo in the archives of the late Village Voice muckraker Wayne Barrett, but the city has never produced it.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026
  • Eric Bogosian’s leather jacket-wearing muckraker is still asking questions in season three of Interview With the Vampire, and the AMC series has been renamed in honor of Molloy’s latest subject.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 June 2026
Definition of muckraker
Noun
  • In Indonesia, a stringer walks through a village, or at least what was once a village before the mud flowed down from a forest and swept the village along with it.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • 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
Definition of stringer

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“Police reporter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/police%20reporter. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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