特派員(とくはいん)

とくはいん
noun
correspondent, special envoy
personmedia
1. correspondent, special envoy
A person sent to a particular location on a special assignment, most commonly a journalist stationed abroad to report for a news organization.
海外(かいがい)特派員(とくはいん)として働(はたら)いている。
I work as a foreign correspondent.
ロンドン特派員(とくはいん)からの報告(ほうこく)です。
This is a report from our London correspondent.
新聞社(しんぶんしゃ)の特派員(とくはいん)として戦地(せんち)に派遣(はけん)された経験(けいけん)がある。
I have experience being dispatched to a war zone as a newspaper correspondent.

Usage

Most commonly refers to journalists stationed abroad. Often heard in TV news broadcasts introducing reports from overseas bureaus.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 記者(きしゃ): reporter, journalist — general term
  • 通信員(つうしんいん): news correspondent — similar but less common

Related Words

Compare: 記者(きしゃ) (reporter, journalist)
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