Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| anchorette | a female anchorman. |
| anchorman | in broadcasting, a person in a central studio who links up and maintains contact with various outside camera units. |
| anchorperson | an anchorman or anchorwoman. |
| anchorwoman | a female anchorman. |
| announcer | one who announces. |
| auteur | (Fr.) a film director, esp when thought of as the creator of a particular genre and carrying a personal stamp. |
| auteurism | the profession of auteur, film director. |
| autocutie | a young and attractive but inexperienced female televison presenter. |
| broadcaster | one who broadcasts. |
| byliner | one that writes under a byline. |
| celeb | (Short for) a celebrity. |
| colorman | a sportscaster. |
| columnist | one who writes a newspaper column. |
| compositor | one who sets type. |
| copublisher | a joint publisher. |
| copyreader | a subeditor. |
| copyrighter | one who copyrights. |
| copytaker | a person employed to type reports as journalists dictate them over the telephone. |
| directrix | a female director. |
| diurnalist | (Arch.) a journalist. |
| documentarist | a person who makes documentaries. |
| fluffer | a person employed on a pornographic film to ensure that male actors are kept aroused. |
| gameshow | a television show involving game play. |
| glossily | (Adv.) GLOSSY, shiny. |
| hackette | a woman journalist. |
| headliner | the person whose name is made most prominent in a playbill or programme. |
| helmer | (Coll.) a film director. |
| hotliner | someone running a radio call-in show. |
| journalist | a person engaged in journalism. |
| journo | (Sl.) a journalist. |
| lensman | (Coll.) a cameraman. |
| magazinist | one who edits or writes for a magazine. |
| mixmaster | a disc jockey. |
| newscaster | one who reads news. |
| newscasting | the broadcasting of news. |
| newshawk | (Coll.) a reporter. |
| newshound | (Coll.) a reporter. |
| newsman | a news reporter. |
| newspaperman | a person who owns or is employed by a newspaper. |
| newspaperwoman | a woman who owns or is employed by a newspaper. |
| newspeople | people who report the news. |
| newsperson | a reporter. |
| newsreader | a news broadcaster. |
| newswoman | a female newsman. |
| paragraphist | a person who writes paragraphs, news items esp for newspapers. |
| periodicalist | a person who writes in a periodical. |
| podcaster | one who creates podcasts. |
| pressman | one who works for the Press. |
| presswoman | a female reporter. |
| ratpack | a show-business clique. |
| recordist | a person who records esp for a cinema film. |
| reporter | one that reports. |
| reportorial | relating to the work of a reporter. |
| screenwriting | the profession of writing screenplays. |
| script | to prepare a written text for, as a play or motion picture. |
| scripter | one who scripts. |
| scriptwriter | a person who writes scripts, as for screenplays. |
| scriptwriting | the writing of scripts. |
| songwriter | a person who composes words or music or both esp for popular songs. |
| speakerine | a female announcer or programme hostess. |
| sportcaster | a sports commentator. |
| sportscaster | a sports commentator. |
| sportswriter | a person who writes about sports esp for a newspaper. |
| starlet | a minor showbiz personality. |
| storyteller | a teller of stories. |
| stringer | a journalist or reporter not on the regular staff of a newspaper or organization, esp one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place. |
| stuntwoman | a woman who doubles for an actress during the filming of stunts and dangerous scenes. |
| subeditor | an assistant editor, as of a periodical or journal. |
| superflack | a superior press agent. |
| supermodel | a famous and successful fashion model. |
| telejournalist | a journalist working for television. |
| timeshift | to enable (a television programme) to be viewed at a time later than that of its original broadcast. |
| tripehound | (Sl.) a newspaper reporter. |
| veejay | an announcer on a program of music videos. |
| weathercaster | a weather forecaster esp on radio or television. |
| weathergirl | a girl who announces the weather forecast. |
| weatherwoman | a woman who delivers the weather forecast. |