Usage patterns 記き 者しゃ になる to become a reporter
He became a newspaper reporter after graduating from university.
記き 者しゃ の 質しつ 問もん に 答こた える to answer a reporter's question
The prime minister answered the reporter's questions politely.
記き 者しゃ 会かい 見けん を 開ひら く to hold a press conference
The company held a press conference about the scandal.
Kanji 記 scribe, account, narrative Related words ジャーナリスト is a broader, more prestige-tinged term for a journalist that can include writers and commentators, while 記者 specifically means a reporter employed by a newspaper, TV station, or similar outlet.
特派員 refers specifically to a correspondent stationed abroad or dispatched to cover a particular region, whereas 記者 is the general word for any news reporter.
記者 is the broad term for a journalist who writes or reports news, while リポーター typically refers to someone reporting live on-scene for TV or radio.
記者 reports news and facts for a publication, while コラムニスト writes personal opinion or commentary pieces.
Don't confuse with 記者 (reporter) and 汽車 (steam train) are pronounced identically but are completely unrelated in meaning, so context alone tells them apart.
記者 (reporter) and 貴社 (your company, used in business letters) share the same pronunciation きしゃ but have entirely different meanings.
記者 is a reporter who gathers and writes news, whereas 編集者 is an editor who shapes and refines content that others have written.
Word family· 27 beat reporter; assigned reporter
press corps; group of reporters
press room; press gallery
press gallery; press box
press pass; journalist ID
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police reporter; crime reporter
photojournalist
on-the-ground reporter; news reporter; legman
news reporter; journalist
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Etymology Compound of 記 (ki, 'to record, write down') and 者 (sha, 'person'). Literally 'a person who records/writes', referring to a reporter or journalist.
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