Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
List of fictional journalists
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 attempts to present fictional journalists sorted by country, and in a chronological order within countries:
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Belgique
- Tintin, from comics.
Hong Kong
- Lilly Wong from comic strips.
Italy
- Paparazzo, from Federico Fellini's film La Dolce Vita, origin of the term paparazzi.
Spain
- El reporter Tribulete comics.
- Periodistas TV series
United Kingdom
- George Cragge in In the Red and sequels by Mark Tavener
- GlobeLink News staff in Drop the Dead Donkey; Gus Hedges, George Dent, Helen Cooper, Sally Smedley, Henry Davenport, Damien Day and others.
- Bridget Jones, from Helen Fielding's columns, novels and films.
- Sarah Jane Smith, from the television series Doctor Who.
- Rita Skeeter, from the Harry Potter series.
United States
- Kent Brockman from The Simpsons TV series.
- Bryan Denton, reporter for the New York Sun in Disney's musical Newsies.
- Kermit the Frog from Sesame Street TV series.
- Lou Grant TV series.
- Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane
- Carl Kolchak, from Kolchak: The Night Stalker
- 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.
- Trevor Newsworthy from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air TV series.
- 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.
- Vic Sage in The Question series from the DC Universe superhero comics.
- Vicki Vale in the Batman series from the DC Universe superhero comics, and the 1989 movie.
- For definitive information on the image of the journalist in popular culture, see www.ijpc.org
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