# journalist
## English
### Etymology

From journal +‎ -ist.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɝnəlɪst/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɜːnəlɪst/
* Audio (UK):(file)

### Noun

journalist (plural journalists)
* (originally) The keeper of a personal journal, who writes in it regularly.
* One whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press.
    Synonym: (archaic or historical) gazetteer
* A reporter, someone who professionally reports on news and current events.
** 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.
** 2019, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “At Least 150 Detainees Have Died in One Xinjiang Internment Camp: Police Officer”, in Mamatjan Juma, transl., Radio Free Asia‎:A staff member of the Kuchar County Judiciary told RFA that he did not have the authority “to answer political questions of this magnitude,” when asked whether 150 people had died in No. 1 Camp, and whether the number included any government officials or other employees. “We have a county-wide directive—firstly, to never provide answers to pretend journalists, and secondly, to never take phone calls of unknown origin,” he said.

#### Hyponyms

* photojournalist
* presstitute

#### Derived terms

* citizen journalist
* data journalist
* e-journalist
* investigative journalist
* pack journalist
* video journalist
* whorenalist
* yellow journalist

#### Related terms

* journalese

#### Translations

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## Danish
### Etymology

journal +‎ -ist

### Noun

journalist c (singular definite journalisten, plural indefinite journalister)
* (journalism) a journalist, a reporter (reporter on a newspaper)

#### Related terms

* journalistik
* journalistisk

## Dutch
### Etymology

From journaal +‎ -ist.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒuːrnaːˈlɪst/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: jour‧na‧list
* Rhymes: -ɪst

### Noun

journalist m (plural journalisten, diminutive journalistje n, feminine journaliste)
* press journalist

#### Synonyms

* reporter
* verslaggever

#### Derived terms

* camerajournalist
* journalistisch
* journalistiek
* krantenjournalist
* misdaadjournalist
* onderzoeksjournalist
* oorlogsjournalist
* radiojournalist
* riooljournalist
* roddeljournalist
* royaltyjournalist
* tv-journalist

#### Related terms

* journalisme

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: jurnalis

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

journalist m (definite singular journalisten, indefinite plural journalister, definite plural journalistene)
* a journalist

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃurnalist/

### Noun

journalist m (definite singular journalisten, indefinite plural journalistar, definite plural journalistane)
* journalist

## Swedish
### Etymology

journal +‎ -ist

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɧʊrnaˈlɪst/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

journalist c
* a journalist

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | journalist | journalists |
| singular | definite | journalisten | journalistens |
| plural | indefinite | journalister | journalisters |
| plural | definite | journalisterna | journalisternas |

#### Related terms

* grävande journalist
* journalistförbund
* journalisthögskola
* journalistik
* journalistisk
* journalistklubb
* journalistkort
* journalistkår
* journalistpris
* journalistuppbåd
* journalistutbildning
* journalistyrket
* nyhetsjournalist
* sportjournalist
* vetenskapsjournalist

### References

* journalist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)