war correspondent
Noun
Meaning
war correspondent (plural war correspondents)
A journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone.
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For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner.
The war correspondent has his stake - his life - in his own hands, and he can put it on this horse or that horse, or he can put it back in his pocket at the very last minute.
On the flip side, I enjoy covering the Arab world, I've spent my entire career here in the Middle East, but I would never call myself a war correspondent.
I was planning, I told everybody, to take him on the road with me. At the very least I fully expected to keep up my hectic pace, and my passion as a war correspondent.
According to the war diary of the Finnish 12th Division, this was done to strengthen their lines. citation The Soviet war correspondent Luknitsky noted that this created a dangerous bulge in the Soviet defensive line.
American war correspondent Jackson Bentley publicises his exploits, making him world famous.