noun
correspondent
kor-uh-SPAHN-dunt/ˌkɔːrəˈspɑːndənt/
Someone who sends written reports or messages.
The correspondent reports from a busy city square with a camera operator.
Etymology
“Answering one another” developed into communicating by letters. A correspondent was someone who exchanged letters, then specifically someone who regularly sent a newspaper reports in letter form from a distant location.
In context
update from the south of the country thank you very much for that now for more on the situation on the ground I want to cross now live to our correspondent Zack Anders
More examples
- Our Washington correspondent sends daily reports on Congress.
- The magazine's science correspondent writes about medical discoveries.
- Although they never meet, the two correspondents exchange letters for years.
Forms
correspondent · correspondents
correspond verb — To exchange letters or messages.
correspondence noun — Letters or messages exchanged between people.
Similar words
- reporter
- Gathers and presents news, not necessarily from an assigned location.
- journalist
- Includes writers and editors, not just those sending reports.
- pen pal
- Exchanges friendly personal letters rather than professional news reports.