Reporter and Source

Reporter

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

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

Nearby Words: report, reported, reporting, reportage

Source noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.

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Reporter and source are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Reporter" instead a noun "Source".

known	known reporter	known source
good	good reporter	good source
better	better reporter	better source
regular	regular reporter	regular source
Other adjectives: single, popular, actual, great, main, new, different, recurring.

A variant of "Off The Record" is "On Background," where a source and reporter agree in advance that the information may be used provided the source isn't identified.

Source: Off the Record
When classified information about a military space shuttle is leaked to the press, Annabeth remarks to Toby that the reporter wouldn't have gone public without a very reliable source.

Source: Answer Cut
Ivan Bezdomny from The Wotch, an intrepid (school) newspaper reporter who was dead set on finding the source of the 'Weirdness' surrounding Tandy Gardens.

Source: Secret Chaser

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