Home › Words › R › reporterismreporterismreporterism means the work of reporting the news; journalism.EtymologyFrom reporter + -ism.nounThe work of reporting the news; journalism.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.reportership 72% match — The role or business of a reporter. vs reporterism →reportorial 69% match — Of, pertaining to or characteristic of a reporter. vs reporterism →newsman 63% match — A male reporter; a male person in the profession of providing news. vs reporterism →journalism 63% match — The aggregating, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles for widespread distribution, typically in electronic publications, broadcast news media, or printed newspapers or periodicals, for the purpose of informing the audience, relying on a style of writing characteristic for this purpose, consisting of direct presentation of facts or events and (depending on type) either with or without analysis or interpretation. vs reporterism →newspaperism 62% match — The attitudes and stylistic approach of newspapers; being lowbrow and sensationalistic, etc. vs reporterism →rewriteman 57% match — A newspaper reporter who crafts stories from information reported by others, such as legmen. vs reporterism →misreporter 57% match — One who misreports. vs reporterism →newsmongering 57% match — sensationalistic, gossipy journalism vs reporterism →