List of fictional journalists
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Attributing the profession of journalist to a fictional character allows many possibilities for the author: Reporters may travel extensively and face adventures (like Tintin), are among the first to have news of disasters and crimes (like Clark "Superman" Kent and Peter "Spider-Man" Parker), are supposed to be good at establishing communication.
This list presents fictional journalists sorted by country:
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[edit] Australia
- Libby Kennedy, from Australian soap Neighbours
- Riley Parker, from the above show
[edit] Belgium
- Tintin, from comics.
- Spirou and Fantasio, both from the same comic series.
[edit] Hong Kong
- Lily Wong from comic strips.
[edit] Italy
- Paparazzo, from Federico Fellini's film La dolce vita, origin of the term paparazzi.
- Marcello Rubini from the same film above
[edit] Spain
- El reporter Tribulete comics.
- Periodistas TV series
[edit] United Kingdom
- Individual journalists:
- George Cragge in In the Red and sequels by Mark Tavener
- Bridget Jones, from Helen Fielding's columns, novels and films.
- Ford Prefect, from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.
- Rita Skeeter, from the Harry Potter series.
- Sarah Jane Smith, from the television series Doctor Who
- Mattie Storin, House of Cards.
- Jasmine Thomas, Emmerdale.
- Polly Becker, EastEnders
- Tony Hills, EastEnders
- Groups of journalists:
- Ankh-Morpork Times staff in the Discworld novels: William de Worde, Sacharissa Cripslock, Otto Chriek and others.
- Various staff from Broken News; Josh Cashman, Richard Pritchard, Katie Tate, Adam Lockwood, Frances Walsh, Anthony Markovitz and others.
- GlobeLink News staff in Drop the Dead Donkey; Gus Hedges, George Dent, Helen Cooper, Sally Smedley, Henry Davenport, Damien Day and others.
[edit] United States
- Individual journalists
- Amy Amanda "Triple A" Allen, reporter who covered The A-Team in the TV show.
- Larry Appleton from Perfect Strangers.
- Ted Baxter, talking head from The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
- Kent Brockman from The Simpsons TV series.
- Murphy Brown from the show of the same name, along with other FYI staffers Jim Dial, Frank Fontana, Corky Sherwood, and Miles Silverberg.
- Snapper Carr, a television news reporter in the Justice League and Justice League Unlimited television series.
- Stephen Colbert played by Stephen Colbert in The Colbert Report
- Pepper Dennis, in the show of the same name
- Bryan Denton, reporter for the New York Sun in Disney's musical Newsies.
- Kermit the Frog from Sesame Street TV series.
- Rory Gilmore from Gilmore Girls
- Lou Grant TV series of the same name and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
- Jim Gardner from the TV series Action News.
- Jackie Harvey, from The Onion
- Spider Jerusalem, the Gonzo journalist of the future from the graphic novel Transmetropolitan.
- Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane
- Carl Kolchak, from Kolchak: The Night Stalker
- Jack McGee, reporter for The National Register in the TV series The Incredible Hulk.
- Les Nessman, from WKRP in Cincinnati
- Trevor Newsworthy from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air TV series.
- Tyra Nordbo from the Man-Kzin Wars
- April O'Neil, an anchorwoman for Channel 6 news in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe.
- Sweet Polly Purebred, reporter for TTV in the TV series Underdog. Her boss was O.J. Skweez.
- Vic Sage in The Question series from the DC Universe superhero comics.
- Brenda Starr, reporter for the Chicago newspaper The Flash from the Brenda Starr comic strip and movies.
- Chloe Talbot, "The Simpsons"-- Marge's high school chum who goes on to be a famous journalist.
- Vicki Vale in the Batman series from the DC Universe superhero comics, and the 1989 movie.
- Cameron "Buck" Williams, in Left Behind.
- Jack McEvoy in Michael Connelly's 1996 mystery novel, The Poet
- Groups of journalists
- Daily Planet and Galaxy Broadcasting staff in the Superman series: Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Perry White, Lana Lang, Morgan Edge and others from DC Comics US superhero comics, then passed onto comic-strips, tv series and films.
- 'The Lone Gunmen, a.k.a., Melvin Frohike, Richard "Ringo" Langly and John Fitzgerald Byers, who covered conspiracies in their self-titled magazine and The Magic Bullet on The X-Files and their own spinoff series, The Lone Gunmen.
- Now magazine and Daily Bugle staff in the Spider-Man series: J. Jonah Jameson, Peter Parker, Betty Brant Leeds, Ned Leeds, Frederick Foswell, Robbie Robertson, Ben Urich, Lance Bannon and others from the Marvel Universe superhero comics, then passed onto comic-strips, TV series and films.
- San Diego Channel Four News Team in the movie Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgundy : Ron Burgundy, anchorman, alongside co-anchor Veronica Corningstone, weatherman Brick Tamland, sportscaster Champ Kind, and field reporter Brian Fantana. Burgundy's rival from Channel Two is Wes Mantooth.
- Fake newspaper Lush For Life's entire staff.
For definitive information on the image of the journalist in popular culture, see www.ijpc.org
