| Main Entry: | reporter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who informs |
Synonyms: |
anchor, anchorperson, announcer, columnist, correspondent, cub, editor, ink slinger, interviewer, journalist, legperson, newscaster, newshound, newsperson, newswriter, press person, scribe, scrivener, stringer, writer |
| Main Entry: | announcer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | media commentator |
Synonyms: |
DJ, VJ, anchorperson, broadcaster, communicator, deejay, disc jockey, leader of ceremonies, newscaster, reporter, rip and reader, spieler, talker, telecaster, veejay |
| Main Entry: | author |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | composer of written work |
Synonyms: |
biographer, columnist, composer, creator, essayist, ghost, ghostwriter, ink slinger, journalist, originator, playwright, poet, producer, prose writer, reporter, scribbler, scribe, scripter, word slinger, wordsmith, work-for-hire, writer |
| Main Entry: | correspondent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person communicating in writing |
Synonyms: |
contributor, epistler, epistolarian, freelancer, gazetteer, journalist, letter writer, pen pal, reporter, stringer, writer |
| Main Entry: | detective |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigator of crime |
Synonyms: |
P. I., Sherlock Holmes, agent, analyst, bird dog, bloodhound, bull*, constable, cop, dick, eavesdropper, eye*, fed, fink, flatfoot, gumshoe, informer, nark, peeper, plainclothes officer, police officer, private eye, private investigator, prosecutor, reporter, roper, scout, sergeant, shadow*, shamus, shoofly, sleuth, slewfoot, snoop, spy, tail |
| Main Entry: | herald |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | omen, messenger |
Synonyms: |
adviser, bearer, courier, crier, forerunner, harbinger, indication, outrider, precursor, prophet, reporter, runner, sign, signal, token |
| Main Entry: | informant/informer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who delivers news |
Synonyms: |
accuser, adviser, announcer, betrayer, blabbermouth, canary, crier, deep throat, double-crosser, herald, interviewer, journalist, messenger, newscaster/newsperson, notifier, preacher, propagandist, rat, reporter, sneak, source, stool pigeon, tattler, tattletale |
| Main Entry: | interviewer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | questioner |
Synonyms: |
inquirer, inquistor, interrogator, reporter, talk-show host |
| Main Entry: | journalist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who writes about factual events for a living |
Synonyms: |
announcer, broadcaster, columnist, commentator, contributor, correspondent, cub, editor, hack, media person, newspaper person, newsperson, pencil pusher, press, publicist, reporter, scribe, scrivener, stringer, television commentator, writer |
| Main Entry: | narrator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | storyteller |
Synonyms: |
author, chronicler, describer, novelist, raconteur, reporter, teller of tales, writer, yarn spinner |