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professional strangers who ask the question you were too polite to ask.
means people whose job is to find out what happened, verify it, and tell the public before someone else does.
from from latin reportare, to carry back — literally someone who carries news back from where it happened to where you are.
deadline origincivil war term for line prisoners were shot crossing
press credential ageformalized white house press corps started 1896
pulitzer ironyprize funded by a famously sensationalist newspaper owner
for instance
nellie bly — faked insanity in 1887 to expose asylum abuse from inside
woodward and bernstein — unraveled watergate for the washington post, 1972-1974
marie colvin — war correspondent killed reporting from syria, 2012