取しゅ材ざい記き者しゃ

noun

on-the-ground reporter; news reporter; legman

A reporter who goes out to gather information and conduct interviews, as opposed to a desk editor or commentator.

• 彼かれは事じ件けんの現げん場ばに急きゅう行こうした取しゅ材ざい記き者しゃだ。

  He is an on-the-ground reporter who rushed to the scene of the incident.

• 取しゅ材ざい記き者しゃたちは市し長ちょうの会かい見けんに詰つめかけた。

  News reporters flocked to the mayor's press conference.