journalist

See also: Journalist

English

Etymology

From journal +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝnəlɪst/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɜːnəlɪst/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

Noun

journalist (plural journalists)

1. (originally) The keeper of a personal journal, who writes in it regularly.
2. One whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press.
3. 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^[1]:

     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
• yellow journalist

 

Related terms

• journalese

Translations

keeper of a personal journal

• Dutch: dagboekschrijver (nl) m
• Greek: ημερολογιογράφος m or f (imerologiográfos)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: journalfører m, rullefører (no) m (military use)

  Nynorsk: journalførar

• Spanish: diarista m or f

one whose occupation or profession is journalism

• Albanian: gazetar (sq) m, gazetare (sq) f
• Arabic: مُرَاسِل m (murāsil), مُرَاسِلَة f (murāsila), صَحَافِيّ m (ṣaḥāfiyy), صَحَفِيَّة f (ṣaḥafiyya)
• Armenian: լրագրող (hy) (lragroġ), ժուռնալիստ (hy) (žuṙnalist)
• Asturian: periodista (ast) m or f
• Azerbaijani: jurnalist (az), qəzetçi
• Bashkir: журналист (jurnalist)
• Basque: kazetari
• Belarusian: журналі́ст m (žurnalíst), журналі́стка f (žurnalístka), часапі́сец m (časapísjec), газе́тчык m (hazjétčyk), газе́тчыца f (hazjétčyca), газэ́тчык m (hazétčyk), газэ́тчыца f (hazétčyca)
• Bengali: জার্নালিস্ট (jarnalisṭ), সংবাদদাতা (bn) (śoṅbaddata), সাংবাদিক (bn) (śaṅbadik)
• Bulgarian: журнали́ст (bg) m (žurnalíst), журнали́стка f (žurnalístka)
• Burmese: သတင်းစာဆရာ (my) (sa.tang:cahca.ra)
• Carpathian Rusyn: новинарь m (novynarʹ)
• Catalan: periodista (ca) m or f
• Cebuano: dyornalist, dyornalista, peryodista
• Chechen: журналист (žurnalist)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 記者／记者 (gei³ ze²), 新聞工作者／新闻工作者 (san¹ man⁴ gung¹ zok³ ze²)

  Dungan: щинвын гунзуәҗя (xinvɨn gunzuəži͡a)

  Hokkien: 記者／记者 (zh-min-nan) (kì-chiá)

  Mandarin: 記者／记者 (zh) (jìzhě), 新聞工作者／新闻工作者 (zh) (xīnwén gōngzuòzhě)

• Czech: novinář (cs) m, novinářka (cs) f, žurnalista (cs) m, žurnalistka (cs) f
• Danish: journalist (da) c
• Dutch: journalist (nl) m, journaliste (nl) f
• Esperanto: ĵurnalisto
• Estonian: ajakirjanik (et)
• Finnish: lehtimies (fi), toimittaja (fi), journalisti (fi)
• French: journaliste (fr) m or f
• Galician: periodista m or f, xornalista (gl) m or f
• Georgian: ჟურნალისტი (žurnalisṭi)
• German: Journalist (de) m, Journalistin (de) f
• Greek: δημοσιογράφος (el) m or f (dimosiográfos)
• Guaraní: momaranduhára
• Gujarati: પત્રકાર (patrakār)
• Haitian Creole: jounalis
• Hebrew: עיתונאי \ עִתּוֹנַאי (he) m (‘itóna'í), עיתונאית f (itonaít)
• Hindi: पत्रकार (hi) m or f (patrakār), संवावदाता m (samvāvdātā)
• Hungarian: újságíró (hu)
• Icelandic: blaðamaður (is) m
• Indonesian: wartawan (id), jurnalis (id)
• Interlingua: jornalista
• Irish: iriseoir (ga) m
• Italian: giornalista (it) m or f
• Japanese: 記者 (ja) (きしゃ, kisha), ジャーナリスト (ja) (jānarisuto)
• Kabyle: aneɣmas m, taneɣmast f
• Kannada: ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತ (kn) (patrakarta)
• Kazakh: журналист (jurnalist), жорналшы (jornalşy)
• Khmer: អ្នកកាសែត (nĕək kaasaet), អ្នកសារពត៌មាន (nĕək saapɔədɑɑmiən)
• Korean: 기자(記者) (ko) (gija), 저널리스트 (jeoneolliseuteu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: rojnamevan (ku)

• Kyrgyz: журналист (ky) (jurnalist)
• Lao: ນັກຂ່າວ (lo) (nak khāo), ຄົນຫນັງສືພິມ (khon nang sư̄ phim), ນັກສື່ຂ່າວ (nak sư̄ khāo)
• Latvian: žurnālists m, žurnāliste f
• Lithuanian: žurnalistas m, žurnalistė f
• Macedonian: новинар m (novinar), новинарка f (novinarka), журнали́ст m (žurnalíst), журнали́стка f (žurnalístka)
• Malay: wartawan (ms), jurnalis
• Malayalam: പത്രലേഖകന് (patralēkhakanŭ)
• Maltese: ġurnalista m
• Marathi: पत्रकार m or f (patrakār)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: сэтгүүлч (mn) (setgüülč), сурвалжлагч (mn) (survalžlagč)

• Norman: journaliste m or f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: journalist (no) m

  Nynorsk: journalist m

• Occitan: jornalista (oc) m or f
• Pashto: ژورنالست m or f (žurnālest), خبرنګار m (xabarnegār), خبريال (ps) m (xabaryāl)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: روزْنامِه‌نِگار (fa) (ruznâme-negâr), ژورْنالیسْت (fa) (žurnâlist), خَبَرْنِگار (fa) (xabarnegâr)

• Plautdietsch: Zeitungschriewa m
• Polish: dziennikarz (pl) m, dziennikarka (pl) f
• Portuguese: jornalista (pt) m or f, periodista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: ziarist (ro) m, ziaristă (ro) f, gazetar (ro) m, gazetară (ro) f, jurnalist (ro) m, jurnalistă (ro) f
• Russian: журнали́ст (ru) m (žurnalíst), журнали́стка (ru) f (žurnalístka), газе́тчик (ru) m (gazétčik), газе́тчица (ru) f (gazétčica)
• Scottish Gaelic: naidheachdair m, neach-naidheachd m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: но̏вина̄р m, но̏вина̄рка f

  Roman: nȍvinār (sh) m, nȍvinārka (sh) f

• Sinhalese: මාධ්යවේදී (mādhyawēdī)
• Slovak: novinár m, novinárka f, žurnalista m, žurnalistka f
• Slovene: novinar (sl) m, novinarka f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: žurnalist m, žurnalistka f

• Spanish: periodista (es) m or f
• Sranan Tongo: nyunsuman
• Swedish: journalist (sv) c
• Tagalog: mamamahayag
• Tajik: рӯзноманигор (rüznomanigor), журналист (tg) (žurnalist), хабарнигор (tg) (xabarnigor)
• Tamil: பத்திரிக்கையாளர் (pattirikkaiyāḷar)
• Tatar: журналист (jurnalist)
• Telugu: విలేఖరి (te) (vilēkhari)
• Thai: นักข่าว (th) (nák-kàao)
• Tibetan: གསར་འགྱུར་བྱེད་པོ (gsar 'gyur byed po), གསར་གནས་འདྲི་རྕོམ་བྱེད་མཁན (gsar gnas 'dri rcom byed mkhan)
• Turkish: gazeteci (tr)
• Turkmen: žurnalist
• Ukrainian: журналі́ст (uk) m (žurnalíst), журналі́стка f (žurnalístka), новина́р m (novynár), новина́рка f (novynárka), газетя́р (uk) m (hazetjár), газетя́рка f (hazetjárka), дневника́р m (dnevnykár), дневника́рка f (dnevnykárka)
• Urdu: صَحافِی (ur) m (sahāfī), اَخْبار نَوِیس m (axbār navīs), مَضْمُون نِگار m (mazmūn nigār), اَخْبارِی نُمائِندَہ m, نامَہ نِگار m (nāma nigār), خَبَر رَساں m (xabar rasā̃), صَحِیفَہ نِگار m (sahīfa nigār), خَبَر نِگار m (xabar nigār), خَبَر نَوِیس m (xabar navīs), مَراسِلَہ نِگار m (marāsila nigār), روز نامَہ نَوِیس m (roz nāma navīs), وَقائِع نِگار m (vaqāi' nigār), وَقائِع نَوِیس m (vaqāi' navīs), واقِعَہ نِگار m (vāqi'a nigār), واقِعَہ نَوِیس m (vāqi'a navīs)
• Uyghur: مۇخبىر (muxbir), ئاخباراتچى (axbaratchi), ژۇرنالىست (zhurnalist)
• Uzbek: jurnalist (uz), muxbir (uz)
• Vietnamese: nhà báo (vi), ký giả (vi) (記者)
• Welsh: newyddiadurwr (cy) m
• West Frisian: sjoernalist (fy) c
• Yiddish: זשורנאַליסט m (zhurnalist)
• Zazaki: rocnamewan m, rocnamewane f

reporter

• Arabic: مُرَاسِل m (murāsil), مُرَاسِلَة f (murāsila), صَحَافِيّ m (ṣaḥāfiyy)
• Armenian: թղթակից (hy) (tʿġtʿakicʿ), լրագրող (hy) (lragroġ)
• Belarusian: рэпарцёр m (reparcjór), рэпарцёрка f (reparcjórka), карэспандэ́нт m (karespandént), карэспандэ́нтка f (karespandéntka), журналі́ст m (žurnalíst), журналі́стка f (žurnalístka)
• Bulgarian: репорте́р m (reportér), репорте́рка f (reportérka)
• Catalan: periodista (ca) m or f, jornalista m or f
• Cebuano: dyornalist, dyornalista, peryodista
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 記者／记者 (gei³ ze²)

  Mandarin: 記者／记者 (zh) (jìzhě)

• Czech: novinář (cs) m, novinářka (cs) f
• Danish: journalist (da) c
• Dutch: journalist (nl) m, reporter (nl) m, verslaggever (nl) m
• Esperanto: gazetisto, gazetistino
• Estonian: ajakirjanik (et)
• Finnish: toimittaja (fi), reportteri, journalisti (fi)
• French: journaliste (fr) m or f
• Galician: xornalista (gl) m or f
• Georgian: რეპორტიორი (reṗorṭiori), ჟურნალისტი (žurnalisṭi)
• German: Journalist (de) m, Journalistin (de) f, Reporter (de) m, Reporterin (de) f
• Greek: δημοσιογράφος (el) m or f (dimosiográfos)
• Italian: giornalista (it) m or f, reporter (it) m or f
• Japanese: 記者 (ja) (きしゃ, kisha), 報告者 (ほうこくしゃ, hōkokusha), ジャーナリスト (ja) (jānarisuto), リポーター (ripōtā)
• Kazakh: жорналшы (jornalşy)
• Korean: 기자(記者) (ko) (gija), 보고자(報告者) (bogoja)
• Latin: relātor m
• Macedonian: репорте́р m (reportér), репорте́рка f (reportérka)
• Maori: kairīpoata
• Norman: journaliste m or f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: journalist (no) m, reporter m

• Plautdietsch: Zeitungschriewa m
• Polish: dziennikarz (pl) m, dziennikarka (pl) f
• Portuguese: repórter (pt) m or f, jornalista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: reporter (ro) m, reporteră (ro) f, jurnalist (ro) m, jurnalistă (ro) f
• Russian: репортёр (ru) m (reportjór), репортёрша (ru) f (reportjórša), корреспонде́нт (ru) m (korrespondént), корреспонде́нтка (ru) f (korrespondéntka), журнали́ст (ru) m (žurnalíst), журнали́стка (ru) f (žurnalístka)
• Scottish Gaelic: naidheachdair m, neach-naidheachd m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: но̏вина̄р m, но̏вина̄рка f, до̀писнӣк m, до̀писница f, извештач m, репо̀рте̄р m, репо̀рте̄рка f

  Roman: nȍvinār (sh) m, nȍvinārka (sh) f, dòpisnīk (sh) m, dòpisnica (sh) f, izveštač (sh) m, repòrtēr (sh) m, repòrtērka (sh) f

• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: žurnalist m, žurnalistka f

• Spanish: periodista (es) m or f, reportero (es) m
• Swahili: mwanahabari
• Swedish: journalist (sv) c
• Tagalog: mamamahayag
• Telugu: విలేఖరి (te) (vilēkhari)
• Ukrainian: репорте́р m (reportér), репорте́рка f (reportérka), кореспонде́нт (uk) m (korespondént), кореспонде́нтка (uk) f (korespondéntka), журналі́ст (uk) m (žurnalíst), журналі́стка f (žurnalístka)
• West Frisian: sjoernalist (fy) c

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• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} విలేఖరి (te) (vilēkhari)

Danish

Etymology

journal +‎ -ist

Noun

journalist c (singular definite journalisten, plural indefinite journalister)

1. (journalism) a journalist, a reporter (reporter on a newspaper)

Inflection

Declension of journalist

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	journalist	journalisten	journalister	journalisterne
genitive	journalists	journalistens	journalisters	journalisternes

Related terms

• journalistik
• journalistisk

Dutch

Etymology

From journaal +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒuːrnaːˈlɪst/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: jour‧na‧list
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

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

1. 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)

1. a journalist

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃurnalist/

Noun

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

1. journalist

Swedish

Etymology

journal +‎ -ist

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɧʊrnaˈlɪst/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

journalist c

1. a journalist

Declension

Declension of journalist
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	journalist	journalisten	journalister	journalisterna
Genitive	journalists	journalistens	journalisters	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)