reporter
n
1 a person who reports, esp. one employed to gather news for a newspaper, news agency, or broadcasting organization
2 a person, esp. a barrister, authorized to write official accounts of judicial proceedings
3 a person authorized to report the proceedings of a legislature
4 (in Scotland, Social welfare) an official who arranges and conducts children's panel hearings and who may investigate cases and decide on the action to be taken
cub reporter
n a trainee reporter on a newspaper