Meanings
nounjournalist (plural journalists)
plural journalists
- originallyThe keeper of a personal journal, who writes in it regularly.
- One whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press.
“There’s this terrible business to start with. Scotland Yard men in and out of the house like a jack-in-the-box! Never know where they won’t turn up next. Screaming headlines in every paper in the country—damn all journalists, I say!”
1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 126Synonyms: gazetteer
- A reporter, someone who professionally reports on news and current events.
In 2017, Katherine Maher, then the CEO of the WMF, re-imagined the nonprofit’s mission as “top-down social justice activism and advocacy,” as journalist Ashley Rindsberg described it.
2025 September 30, Larry Sanger, “4. Revive the original neutrality policy.”, in larrysanger.org, archived from the original on 29 Sep 20252 more examples
British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.
2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2023A staff member of the Kuchar County Judiciary told RFA that he did not have the authority “to answer political questions of this magnitude,” when asked whether 150 people had died in No. 1 Camp, and whether the number included any government officials or other employees. “We have a county-wide directive—firstly, to never provide answers to pretend journalists, and secondly, to never take phone calls of unknown origin,” he said.
2019 October 29, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “At Least 150 Detainees Have Died in One Xinjiang Internment Camp: Police Officer”, in Mamatjan Juma, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2019
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nounOne whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press.
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Arabic صَحَفِيّ, صَحَفِيَّة
- صَحَفِيّ (ṣaḥafiyy)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- صَحَفِيَّة (ṣaḥafiyya)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- صُحُفِيّ (ṣuḥufiyy)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- صُحُفِيَّة (ṣuḥufiyya)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- صَحَافِيّ (ṣaḥāfiyy)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- صَحَافِيَّة (ṣaḥāfiyya)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- صحفي (ṣáḥafi)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- مُرَاسِل (murāsil)reporter
- مُرَاسِلَة (murāsila)reporter
- صَحَافِيّ (ṣaḥāfiyy)reporter
Basque kazetari
- kazetarione whose occupation or profession is journalism
Bengali জার্নালিস্ট, সংবাদদাতা
- জার্নালিস্ট (jarnalisṭ)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- সংবাদদাতা (śoṅbaddata)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- সাংবাদিক (śaṅbadik)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
Bulgarian журнали́ст, журнали́стка
- журнали́ст (žurnalíst)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- журнали́стка (žurnalístka)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- репорте́р (reportér)reporter
- репорте́рка (reportérka)reporter
Catalan jornalista, periodista
- jornalistaone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- periodistaone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- periodistareporter
- jornalistareporter
Chinese Cantonese 記者 /记者, 新聞工作者 /新闻工作者
- 記者 /记者 (gei³ ze²)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- 新聞工作者 /新闻工作者 (san¹ man⁴ gung¹ zok³ ze²)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- 記者 /记者 (gei³ ze²)reporter
Chinese Mandarin 記者 /记者, 新聞工作者 /新闻工作者
- 記者 /记者 (jìzhě)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- 新聞工作者 /新闻工作者 (xīnwén gōngzuòzhě)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- 記者 /记者 (jìzhě)reporter
Czech novinář, novinářka
- novinářone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- novinářkaone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- žurnalistaone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- žurnalistkaone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- novinářreporter
- novinářkareporter
Danish journalist, journalist
- journalistone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- journalistreporter
Dutch dagboekschrijver, journalist
- dagboekschrijverkeeper of a personal journal
- journalistone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- journalisteone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- journalistreporter
- reporterreporter
- verslaggeverreporter
Esperanto ĵurnalisto, gazetisto
- ĵurnalistoone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- gazetistoreporter
- gazetistinoreporter
Estonian ajakirjanik, ajakirjanik
- ajakirjanikone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- ajakirjanikreporter
Finnish lehtimies, toimittaja
- lehtimiesone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- toimittajaone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- journalistione whose occupation or profession is journalism
- toimittajareporter
- reportterireporter
- journalistireporter
French journaliste, journaliste
- journalisteone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- journalistereporter
German Journalist, Journalistin
- Journalistone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- Journalistinone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- Journalistreporter
- Journalistinreporter
- Reporterreporter
- Reporterinreporter
Greek ημερολογιογράφος, δημοσιογράφος
- ημερολογιογράφος (imerologiográfos)keeper of a personal journal
- δημοσιογράφος (dimosiográfos)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- δημοσιογράφος (dimosiográfos)reporter
Hebrew עיתונאי \ עִתּוֹנַאי, עיתונאית
- עיתונאי \ עִתּוֹנַאי (‘itóna'í)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- עיתונאית (itonaít)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
Hindi पत्रकार, संवाददाता
- पत्रकार (patrakār)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- संवाददाता (samvāddātā)reporter
Hungarian újságíró
- újságíróone whose occupation or profession is journalism
Icelandic blaðamaður
- blaðamaðurone whose occupation or profession is journalism
Indonesian wartawan, jurnalis
- wartawanone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- jurnalisone whose occupation or profession is journalism
Iraqi Arabic صحفي
- صحفي (ṣáḥafi)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
Irish iriseoir
- iriseoirone whose occupation or profession is journalism
Italian giornalista, giornalista
- giornalistaone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- giornalistareporter
- reporterreporter
Japanese 記者, ジャーナリスト
- 記者 (kisha)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- ジャーナリスト (jānarisuto)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- 記者 (kisha)reporter
- 報告者 (hōkokusha)reporter
- ジャーナリスト (jānarisuto)reporter
- リポーター (ripōtā)reporter
Korean 기자, 저널리스트
- 기자 (gija)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- 저널리스트 (jeoneolliseuteu)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- 기자 (gija)reporter
- 보고자 (bogoja)reporter
Latin relātor
- relātorreporter
Latvian žurnālists, žurnāliste
- žurnālistsone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- žurnālisteone whose occupation or profession is journalism
Lithuanian žurnalistas, žurnalistė
- žurnalistasone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- žurnalistėone whose occupation or profession is journalism
Malay wartawan, jurnalis
- wartawanone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- jurnalisone whose occupation or profession is journalism
Māori kairīpoata
- kairīpoatareporter
Norwegian Bokmål journalfører, rullefører
- journalførerkeeper of a personal journal
- rulleførerkeeper of a personal journal
- journalistone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- journalistreporter
- reporterreporter
Polish dziennikarz, dziennikarka
- dziennikarzone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- dziennikarkaone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- żurnalistaone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- żurnalistkaone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- dziennikarzreporter
- dziennikarkareporter
Portuguese jornalista, periodista
- jornalistaone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- periodistaone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- repórterreporter
- jornalistareporter
Romanian ziarist, ziaristă
- ziaristone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- ziaristăone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- gazetarone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- gazetarăone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- jurnalistone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- jurnalistăone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- reporterreporter
- reporterăreporter
- jurnalistreporter
- jurnalistăreporter
Russian журнали́ст, журнали́стка
- журнали́ст (žurnalíst)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- журнали́стка (žurnalístka)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- газе́тчик (gazétčik)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- газе́тчица (gazétčica)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- репортёр (reportjór)reporter
- репортёрша (reportjórša)reporter
- корреспонде́нт (korrespondént)reporter
- корреспонде́нтка (korrespondéntka)reporter
- журнали́ст (žurnalíst)reporter
- журнали́стка (žurnalístka)reporter
Scottish Gaelic naidheachdair, neach-naidheachd
- naidheachdairone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- neach-naidheachdone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- naidheachdairreporter
- neach-naidheachdreporter
Slovak novinár, novinárka
- novinárone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- novinárkaone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- žurnalistaone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- žurnalistkaone whose occupation or profession is journalism
Spanish diarista, periodista
- diaristakeeper of a personal journal
- periodistaone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- periodistareporter
- reporteroreporter
Swahili mwanahabari
- mwanahabarireporter
Swedish journalist, journalist
- journalistone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- journalistreporter
Tagalog mamamahayag, mamamahayag
- mamamahayagone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- mamamahayagreporter
Tamil பத்திரிக்கையாளர்
- பத்திரிக்கையாளர் (pattirikkaiyāḷar)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
Thai นักข่าว
- นักข่าว (nák-kàao)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
Turkish gazeteci
- gazetecione whose occupation or profession is journalism
Ukrainian журналі́ст, журналі́стка
- журналі́ст (žurnalíst)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- журналі́стка (žurnalístka)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- новина́р (novynár)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- новина́рка (novynárka)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- газетя́р (hazetjár)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- газетя́рка (hazetjárka)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- дневника́р (dnevnykár)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- дневника́рка (dnevnykárka)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- репорте́р (reportér)reporter
- репорте́рка (reportérka)reporter
- кореспонде́нт (korespondént)reporter
- кореспонде́нтка (korespondéntka)reporter
Urdu صَحافِی, اَخْبار نَوِیس
- صَحافِی (sahāfī)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- اَخْبار نَوِیس (axbār navīs)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- مَضْمُون نِگار (mazmūn nigār)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- اَخْبارِی نُمائِندَہone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- نامَہ نِگار (nāma nigār)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- خَبَر رَساں (xabar rasā̃)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- صَحِیفَہ نِگار (sahīfa nigār)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- خَبَر نِگار (xabar nigār)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- خَبَر نَوِیس (xabar navīs)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- مَراسِلَہ نِگار (marāsila nigār)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- روز نامَہ نَوِیس (roz nāma navīs)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
- وَقائِع نِگار (vaqāi' nigār)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
Vietnamese nhà báo, ký giả
- nhà báoone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- ký giảone whose occupation or profession is journalism
- nhà báoreporter
Welsh newyddiadurwr
- newyddiadurwrone whose occupation or profession is journalism
Yiddish זשורנאַליסט
- זשורנאַליסט (zhurnalist)one whose occupation or profession is journalism
Cite this entry
APA
journalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/journalist
MLA
“journalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/journalist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “journalist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/journalist.
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