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TV reporter

TV reporter

13 1.6
A person who reports news on television
  • noun
  • /tiː viː rɪˈpɔːrtər/
  • Literature
translation icon : reportero de televisión
  • You know, that TV reporter, he's on every night.
  • a local TV reporter
  • a former TV reporter
  • a TV reporter with a microphone

Examples

  • Reed was older than most TV reporters, probably in her middle thirties, Lucas thought.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Narrator: Two TV reporters stand in front of the school.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The TV reporter from New York.

  • The TV reporter we remember from earlier in the film, the one Storm is now going to meet.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • As he is being interviewed by TV reporters.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • "She's a TV reporter for one of the local stations in the Twin Cities.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Under the glare of a mini-cam lamp, a female TV reporter tries to get Trent to talk.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Malcolm emerges from a doorway to be met by an army of TV reporters armed with microphones.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • TV reporter: The Southland is in shock today over a series of brutal killings that occurred here on Wonderland Avenue early today.

  • The TV reporter delivered a live update on the storm's impact in the city.

Synonyms

reporter
vsTV reporter
  • Literature
1.1

A person who finds and tells news on TV, radio, or newspapers

is specifically the role of reporting on television rather than all media
journalist
vsTV reporter
  • Literature
942 2.3

A person who reports news for a newspaper, magazine, TV, or website

emphasizes on-screen reporting work rather than general news preparation
correspondent
vsTV reporter
  • Literature
684 4.4

A reporter who gives news from a place or about a particular subject

is a general on-screen reporter rather than a location or subject specialist
television reporter
vsTV reporter
  • Literature
7 2.5

A person who reports news on television

is the same meaning but uses shorter abbreviation for the medium
journo
vsTV reporter
  • Slang
5 8.4

A person who reports news for newspapers, TV or websites

is the neutral professional label used in formal contexts
broadcast journalist
vsTV reporter
  • Literature
2 3.4

A person who reports news on radio or television

is limited to television work rather than various broadcast media
newsperson
vsTV reporter
  • Literature
1 2.8

A person who finds and reports news for television, radio, or newspapers

focuses specifically on producing and delivering stories for television
television newscaster
vsTV reporter
  • Literature
2.8

A person who presents and reports news on television

is more focused on reporting than also presenting the news

How Prominent

anchor
  • Literature
168 4.8
presenter
23 2.7
TV reporter
  • Literature
13 1.6

Surface Forms

TV reporter singular
TV reporters plural

Morphology

TV + reporter

The meaning 'a journalist who reports on television' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'TV' (television) with 'reporter' (journalist): it denotes a reporter working for the television medium. This modifier+noun composition is a common and cross-linguistically familiar pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

TV reporter simply joins TV and reporter. Picture a reporter standing in front of a camera on television and telling the news, so it means 'a journalist who reports news stories on television'.