Meaning of cub reporter | Babel Free

Definitions

A young, inexperienced reporter employed by a newspaper or magazine.

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Examples

“The cub-reporter cannot make a name for himself unless he is favoured by fortune.”

“He had begun at 18 as a cub reporter for The Kansas City Star.”

“Like a cub reporter aspiring to be the next David Brinkley, Seacrest is, in a way, applying for a job that no longer exists.”

“I was a cub reporter, with limited insight, for the public broadcaster. Following HIV during a controversial time when the government refused to provide antiretroviral drugs to people infected with the virus, quickly taught me an important thing – a pandemic isn’t simply a disease gone viral.”

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