Reporter

Part of speech: noun

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɔɹtɚ/

Definitions

1. An individual tasked with collecting and disseminating news through various channels, often engaging in research and interviews for accurate reporting
2. A professional who investigates and shares information about events or issues, presenting findings to audiences through media platforms
3. A person who gathers information about current events and shares it with the public through media channels

Etymology: The word "reporter" passed into English from Old French "reporteur" and reached Middle English as "reportour," so its core idea is simply someone who carries back an account. The building blocks are "report," which itself came from Old French "reporter," meaning to bring back or carry back, and the suffix "-er," which marks a person who does the action. A reporter, in other words, is literally one who brings word back to others. That sense of carrying something back is the thread running through the whole family. A report began as the act of bringing a message back to someone, and only later came to mean the account itself. The journalist's meaning, a person who gathers news for publication, grew out of that older idea of relaying what one has witnessed or heard.

Synonyms: journalist, correspondent, newscaster, announcer, broadcaster