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The primary perceived difference between a
reporter and a journalist is that the term
“reporter” is commonly used to refer to
somebody on TV who generally reports the
news, whereas the term “journalist” is typically
used in the context of a print journalist who
writes articles.

Critical difference: Visual.

Show, don’t tell.

How Westword

saw it in 2004

Brian Maas, best TV

“All too often, investigative reports on local TV stations are
frivolous attention-getters more focused on attracting
viewers during ratings periods than doing anything of
substance. Maass's work is an exception to this rule. He
regularly comes up with stories that are as solid as they
are intriguing -- we'd love to know his police sources -- and
he presents them in a just-the-facts manner that won't
make those with an aversion to tabloid TV feel like
showering once the report's over.”