| Journalist 1. (n.) One who keeps a journal or diary. 2. (n.) The conductor of a public journal, or one whose business it to write for a public journal; an editorial or other professional writer for a periodical. Thesaurus Entries anchorman, broadcaster, city editor, columnist, commentator, copy chief, copy editor, copyman, copyreader, correspondent, cub reporter, diaskeuast, editor, editorial writer, feature editor, foreign correspondent, gazetteer, hack, interviewer, leader writer, leg man, managing editor, news editor, newscaster, newsman, newsmonger, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter, own correspondent, paragrapher, paragraphist, pressman, publicist, reader, reporter, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter, scribe, slotman, sob sister, special correspondent, sports editor, stringer, subeditor, war correspondent | ![]() |