reporter

Everyday

1. A person whose job is to find out news and tell it in a newspaper, on television, on radio or online. tree →
2. A person who reports or tells about something, for example in a class group. tree →

In the lessons

In media lessons: reporters interview people, check facts and write news stories; good reporters report facts, not rumours. In school: the group «reporter» tells the class what the group found. In stories: a curious reporter digs into a mystery. Phrases: «news reporter», «TV reporter», «sports reporter», «a reporter for».

Examples

• A TV reporter came to film our school garden. tree →
• The reporter asked the firefighter how the fire started. tree →
• In group work, Amelia was our reporter. tree →
• The sports reporter wrote about the final. tree →
• Reporters waited outside the court for the verdict. tree →
• A good reporter checks facts before writing the story. tree →
• I want to be a reporter for the school newspaper. tree →
• And the reporters giggled, and each dropped a blot of ink on the floor. tree →

Note

Countable: a reporter, reporters. Related: «report» (the story or the verb), «journalist» (a more general word). A reporter does not decide the news; he or she tells about it.