journalist English · revision 5656

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɜːnəlɪst/ ''(UK)''; /ˈd͡ʒɝnəlɪst/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|journaliste]],^(Etymonline) formed from [[journal]] and [[-ist]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) See [[journalism]].^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A person who writes for or edits a newspaper or periodical: 1693 in the OED and MWU, the 1690s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A person who keeps a journal or diary is from 1712.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) Journalier was also occasionally used.^(Etymonline) The verb ''journalize'', from the 1680s, usually means to enter something in a journal or account book.^(Etymonline) A reporter for radio or television is now also a journalist.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1693 – a writer for newspapers.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1712 – a keeper of a journal.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who writes or prepares news for [[newspaper|alt=newspapers]], magazines, radio, television or websites.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)^(SOED 2002)

+ # A person who keeps a [[journal]] or diary.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[journalistic]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[journalese]]

+ * [[journal]]

+ * [[journalism]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}