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Common collocations with journalist in American Collocation

journalist noun countable

US /ˈdʒɜrn(ə)lɪst/

admired by many people

distinguished
respected

Penny is a respected journalist with her own column in design magazine Intra.

well-known

prominent
well-known

He is a well-known journalist specializing in archaeological news.

given an important prize

award-winning
prize-winning

Roger Hutchinson is an award-winning journalist and author.

reporting on a particular area of activity

environmental
financial
political

There are now nearly 300 political journalists based at Westminster.

travelling with an army and reporting on what it does

embedded

What embedded journalists write is controlled by the military, who thus feed their own version of the facts to the world.

experienced

experienced
veteran

The veteran journalist was killed in the Gambia last week.

not permanently employed by a particular company

freelance
independent

She has also had work published as a freelance journalist.

trying to find out the facts about something

investigative

Gareth Jones was one of Wales’ finest investigative journalists.

trying to achieve political or social change

campaigning
crusading

In his work as a campaigning journalist, he exposed the use of torture in the country’s police cells.

using a particular means of communicating information

broadcast
magazine
newspaper
print
radio
tabloid
television
TV

She cut her teeth as a newspaper journalist in her home town of Weston-super-Mare, in South West England, after training in Wales.

reporting on a particular area of activity

fashion
football
music
news
science
sports
travel

Like many music journalists, I was really just a frustrated musician.

when a private person reports on an event

citizen

In the age of blogs and digital photos the phenomenon of the citizen journalist has become a force to be reckoned with.

write, or report on something

cover
describe
report (on)
specialize in
write (on)

Jane West is a journalist writing on health issues.

ask someone questions

interview

Peters is a journalist who has interviewed many of the country’s top football stars.

make something publicly known

expose
uncover

Journalists who expose corrupt practices often find their lives under threat.

try to find out about something

investigate

Lawyers have acquired notes made by two journalists who investigated the killings in 1972.