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stringer

[string-er] / ˈstrɪŋ ər /


NOUN
foreign correspondent
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“Make it staff,” Faas said—meaning a member of AP, not a lowly stringer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

She contributed to the New York Times as an election stringer during the 2024 presidential election and reported on culture and politics at the Paris Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025

Chandrakar used to also work as a "stringer" for news organisations, where his job involved providing outstation journalists with information about a story or sometimes, even chaperoning them through Maoist strongholds.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

As a high school junior, he signed on as a stringer, feeding varsity wrestling and hockey results to the paper’s sports department.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

He pulled the largest fish off the stringer and held it in one hand with its white belly facing up.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe