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| interview |
a conversation between a reporter and a person who will be the subject of the report, or the published report itself. [1/5 definitions] |
| newsperson |
someone involved with gathering or communicating the news, such as a reporter, writer, editor, or broadcaster. |
| paparazzo |
a reporter or photographer, often free-lance, who aggressively seeks out celebrities in order to photograph them or write sensational articles about them for the popular media. |
| report |
to function as a newspaper reporter. [1/12 definitions] |
| reporter |
one who records court proceedings verbatim; court reporter. [1/3 definitions] |
| rewrite |
to write (news received from a reporter) in an appropriate format for publishing. [1/4 definitions] |
| stringer |
a newspaper reporter who covers local news for a paper published somewhere else. [1/2 definitions] |
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