What is the difference between a journalist and a reporter?

The difference is a journalist must be a reporter, but a reporter doesn't have to be a journalist. A journalist seeks truth for the purpose of sharing it with the world/anyone that will listen. To achieve this go they must report the truth they find to others. However the person that reports lies is still a reporter but they are not a journalist. +2

A journalist gathers and disseminates information about current events, people, trends, and issues. Their work is known as journalism.

Reporters are one type of journalist. They create reports as a profession for broadcast or publication in mass media such as newspapers, television, radio, magazines, documentary film, and the Internet. Reporters find sources for their work, their reports can be either spoken or written, and they are often expected to report in the most objective and unbiased way to serve the public good. A columnist is a journalist who writes pieces that appear regularly in newspapers or magazines.

Depending on the context, the term journalist also includes various types of editors and visual journalists, such as photographers, graphic artists, and page designers.

Journalists put the information in their own words, making it creative in their own way so it will catch the reader's or viewer's attention.

A reporter is a type of journalist who researches and presents information in certain types of mass media.

Reporters gather their information in a variety of ways, including tips, press releases, sources (those with newsworthy information) and witnessing events. They perform research through interviews, public records, and other sources. The information-gathering part of the job is sometimes called "reporting" as distinct from the production part of the job, such as writing articles. Reporters generally split their time between working in a newsroom and going out to witness events or interview people.

Most reporters working for major news media outlets are assigned an area to focus on, called a beat or patch. They are encouraged to cultivate sources to improve their information gathering.

I dunno. A coupla' grand a year?
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Who can tell? They're all hot blonds these days.

Journalism is a field of study with quaiifications, therefore a journalist must surely have some qualification. A reporter is a journalist without any qualification. Reporters tell us who, what, where, when. A journalist will have the skills to determine the how and why as well.