What is the difference between a correspondent and a reporter?

Question

What is the difference between a correspondent and a reporter?

Answer 1

A correspondent is usually at a distance from the home office or newspaper.  The term comes, of course, from correspond -- meaning letters or dispatches sent to the editorial offices from afar.

A reporter is usually a staff member of the news organization and probably works out of the city room or editorial offices.

While reporters are normally on staff, a correspondent might be a stringer for a news organization, or possibly even a freelancer.  So unlike a reporter working for only one news organization, a correspondent might be affiliated with a number of news organizations.

Hope this answer helps you understand the slight difference in terms.

Answer 2

The two names are for the most part interchangeable, and mean the same basic thing.