correspondent
[noun]
Synonyms:
- letter writer, pen friend or pal
- reporter, contributor, journalist

---

English Thesaurus: journalist, reporter, correspondent, columnist, hack, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

cor‧re‧spon‧dent /ˌkɒrəˈspɒndənt, ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndənt $ ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːn-, ˌkɑː-/ noun [countable]

1. someone who is employed by a newspaper or a television station etc to report news from a particular area or on a particular subject ⇒ reporter
political/foreign/legal etc correspondent
the political correspondent for ‘The Times’
Our correspondent in South Africa sent this report.

2. someone who writes letters:
I’m not a very good correspondent, I’m afraid.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

correspondent
noun
I. reporter
ADJ. newspaper, television | business, education, foreign, health, industrial, legal affairs, media, parliamentary, political, royal, science, sports, war | special A report from our special correspondent at the UN.
American, Moscow, New York Times, etc.
CORRESPONDENT + VERB write (sth)

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

correspondent

a foreign correspondent (=reporting on other countries)
He became a top BBC foreign correspondent.
our Beijing/Cairo/Washington etc correspondent (=sending reports from a particular place - used by a newspaper or TV station)
This report comes direct from our Tel Aviv correspondent.
a political correspondent
As our political correspondent wrote last week, this decision is welcome.
a newspaper correspondent
During the war he was employed as a newspaper correspondent.
a war correspondent
Being a war correspondent is a dangerous job.
an education/health/sports etc correspondent
Here is our sports correspondent with all the details.
a special correspondent (=one with a special area of responsibility)
He was a special correspondent for animals and the environment.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

journalist someone who writes for a newspaper or magazine:
She worked as a journalist on the New York Times.
I've always wanted to be a journalist.
reporter someone whose job is to find out about news stories and ask questions for a newspaper, television or radio company etc:
A crowd of reporters were waiting outside the house all night.
He told reporters that he had no intention of resigning.
correspondent someone who writes news articles or does reports about a particular subject, especially a serious one, for a newspaper or news organization:
our economics correspondent
a war correspondent
He was the BBC's correspondent in Moscow.
columnist someone who writes articles, especially about a particular subject, that appear regularly in a newspaper or magazine:
an influential financial columnist
a gossip columnist
hack informal a disapproving word for a journalist, especially one whose work is of low quality:
The editor sent one of his hacks to interview the murderer’s girlfriend.
newsman/woman (also newspaperman/woman) a general word for someone who works for a newspaper, especially a reporter or editor:
an experienced newspaperman
the press newspapers and journalists in general:
The press always like a good story about the royal family.
the right-wing press
Fleet Street the British press. This phrase comes from the street in London, where many newspapers used to have their offices:
Relations between the government and Fleet Street aren't as cosy as they once were.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲