cub reporter

noun

1. a young and rather inexperienced newspaper reporter.

cub reporter

noun

1. a trainee reporter on a newspaper

Word History and Origins

Origin of cub reporter¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Santana Jr. put the cub reporter on the county government beat, which is how he found himself at Do’s election night party in 2015, the first time Do ran for supervisor.

From Los Angeles Times

I realized that the first time I met her in 1975, when I was a cub reporter at The Washington Star.

From New York Times

As Lachlan Murdoch got older, he would spend summers working in the family business, cleaning the presses for Sydney’s “Daily Mirror,” or working as a cub reporter for the “San Antonio Express-News.”

From Reuters

As the cub reporter who had chronicled the Red Tide’s legal triumphs, it was a reunion for me too.

From Los Angeles Times

Storke was introduced to the trade by his father and went from cub reporter to editor to owner, a journalist acclaimed for sterling ethics and civic activism.

From Los Angeles Times