1. People who write or speak about something that has been observed, heard, done, or investigated: Reporters were writing in newspapers and speaking on the radio and on TV about the accident that took place in England which killed at least eight people and injured more than fifty others on a highway when a thick fog suddenly made it impossible to see any vehicles directly in front of them.
2. A person who provides information; especially, someone who is employed to present news or to conduct interviews in order to let others know what has happened: The reporter who appears on one of the major TV networks every evening, Monday-Friday, informs the nation about what is going on nationally and internationally.