noun
- a reporter or assistant who gathers information by visiting places and interviewing people
Usage: journalism
Examples
- The newspaper sent a legman to cover the story at the courthouse.
- As a legman for the magazine, he spent most of his time interviewing sources.
- The veteran reporter relied on his legman to gather facts from the scene.
- She started her journalism career as a legman before becoming a full reporter.
- The legman called in his findings to the newsroom before the deadline.
- Every good journalist needs a reliable legman to help with research.