correspondent

/ˈkɔrəˌspɑndənt/

/kɔrəˈspɒndɪnt/

Other forms: correspondents; correspondently

A correspondent is a reporter who writes or records stories on one topic or from one region. If you're hired as a radio station's financial correspondent, you'll need to do a lot of research on the economy.

A journalist might work as a TV station's Middle East correspondent or a newspaper's education correspondent. You can also call yourself a correspondent if you're a regular letter or email writer, corresponding, or communicating, with someone. As an adjective, though, correspondent means "matching or agreeing." The word is rooted in the Medieval Latin correspondere, "to answer together."

Definitions of correspondent

1. noun

   a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
   synonyms: newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter, pressman

   types:

   foreign correspondent

   a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a foreign country for publication or broadcast

   war correspondent

   a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a combat zone or place of battle for publication or broadcast

   type of:

   journalist

   a writer for newspapers and magazines
2. adjective

   similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
   synonyms: analogous

   similar

   marked by correspondence or resemblance
3. noun

   someone who communicates by means of letters
   synonyms: letter writer

   types:

   pen pal, pen-friend

   a person you come to know by frequent friendly correspondence

   type of:

   communicator

   a person who communicates with others