reporter:
(plural: ‘reporters‘; for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
news reporters collecting information
any person who reports;
(usually ‘news reporter’) a person whose job is to collect/gather news, information, etc., usually being at the site where the action takes place, and to pass it on (to report it) to his/her superiors as for a newspaper and TV new channels; a newsperson;
a person whose duty is to prepare an official report of what has happened in a case in a court of law or the discussions in a legislative proceedings,
a court reporter taking noting down a court proceedings
Little Lilly is the teacher’s secret reporter; she reports everything that goes on in the class during the later’s (teacher’s) absence.
Of all the kinds of reporters the crime reporters are at the most risk, sometimes beaten up the the criminals, sometimes got in a crossfire and sometimes killed by the criminals.
The court reporters, also called ‘certified shorthand reporters, need a lot of patients and a lot of typing skill as they jolt down the court proceedings as the case is going on… no chance to ask the witness, the lawyer or the judge to repeat what they have just said.
