Fixer

How it is used

Use for a local reporting partner; explain their actual contribution when assigning credit.

Example sentences

1. Our fixer arranged a meeting with the fishing families after the harbour closed.

   The role includes access to people whom visiting reporters may not know.

2. The documentary credits the fixer who explained the village's land dispute.

   Local knowledge can be an editorial contribution as well as practical support.

Common collocations

• hire a fixer
• local fixer
• work with a fixer

Related terms

• correspondentA reporter who is based in a particular city or country, or who specialises in one subject, and sends regular reports from there or about it.
• sourceA person, document or organisation that gives a journalist information for a story; also the place where a piece of information comes from.

More terms: News Gathering and Sources

• press release
• press conference
• scoop
• news agency
• anonymous source
• tip-off
• embargo
• press pass
• eyewitness
• spokesperson
• statement
• press pool