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# journalist

noun (a journalist, journalists)

«journalist» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A person whose job is to find out news and write or speak about it for newspapers, magazines, TV, radio or websites. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journalist/#m1)

### In the lessons

In English and media lessons pupils write like journalists: headlines, facts, quotes. In everyday life journalists report the news. In social studies: journalists help people know what is happening and must report truthfully. Related: reporter, editor.

### Examples

- The journalist interviewed the head teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journalist/#x1)
- I want to be a journalist when I grow up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journalist/#x2)
- Journalists must check their facts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journalist/#x3)
- A sports journalist wrote about the match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journalist/#x4)
- The journalist asked the mayor a hard question. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journalist/#x5)
- Write a report as if you were a journalist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journalist/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Related: journalism (the job), journal (a diary or magazine). Similar: reporter. Ends in -ist.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «journalist» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/journalist/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«journalist» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/journalist.html) on Mova free.