'Journalist' definitions:
Definition of 'journalist'
(from WordNet)
noun
A writer for newspapers and magazines
noun
Someone who keeps a diary or journal [syn: diarist, diary keeper, journalist]
Definition of 'Journalist'
From: GCIDE
- Journalist \Jour"nal*ist\, n. [Cf. F. journaliste.]
- 1. One who keeps a journal or diary; a diarist. [Obs.] --Mickle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One whose occupation is to write for any of the public news media, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, television, or internet; also, an editorial or other professional writer for a periodical. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'journalist'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anchorman,
- broadcaster,
- city editor,
- columnist,
- commentator,
- copy chief,
- copy editor,
- copyman,
- copyreader,
- correspondent,
- cub reporter,
- diaskeuast,
- editor,
- editorial writer,
- feature editor,
- foreign correspondent,
- gazetteer,
- hack,
- interviewer,
- leader writer,
- leg man,
- managing editor,
- news editor,
- newscaster,
- newsman,
- newsmonger,
- newspaperman,
- newspaperwoman,
- newswriter,
- own correspondent,
- paragrapher,
- paragraphist,
- pressman,
- publicist,
- reader,
- reporter,
- reviser,
- rewrite man,
- rewriter,
- scribe,
- slotman,
- sob sister,
- special correspondent,
- sports editor,
- stringer,
- subeditor,
- war correspondent