correspondent
n. countablen. a person who writes letters or emails to someone else. It also describes a reporter who sends news stories from a specific place or about a specific topic.
n. a person who communicates by exchanging letters or emails; alternatively, a journalist employed to provide news reports from a distant location or on a specialized subject.
She is a regular correspondent for the local newspaper.
The foreign correspondent spent three years reporting on the political changes across Southeast Asia.
While digital messaging has largely replaced traditional mail, he remained a dedicated correspondent, sending handwritten letters to his colleagues every month.
From Latin, via Middle French or directly, from Medieval Latin correspondēns, present participle of correspondeō.
Often followed by the preposition 'for' when referring to a journalist's employer, or 'with' when referring to a person exchanging letters.