Informant and Reporter

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Informant noun – A person who provides information about another's wrongdoing.

Reporter and informant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reporter" instead a noun "Informant".

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Reporter noun – A person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news.

Informant and reporter are semantically related. You can use "Informant" instead a noun "Reporter".

Nearby Words: report, reported, reporting, reportage

Hilariously subverted in one The Far Side comic which shows a reporter saying 'Our next guest is an organized crime informant.

Source: Face Framed in Shadow
An informant is moments away from telling a reporter the name of the killer, but he first decides to go count the money he's being paid in the bathroom of the pub where they're meeting.

Source: Idiot Ball / Film
An Intrepid Reporter named Valerie is investigating the matter and hires Jack Carver, a drunk boat captain who was formerly a member of special forces, to take her there to meet her informant Max, who is also her uncle.

Source: Film / Far Cry

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