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Revision as of 03:28, 7 March 2006 by Q0 (talk | contribs) (→[]: Larry Appleton)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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:
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
- Sarah Jane Smith, from the television series Doctor Who.
- GlobeLink News staff in Drop the Dead Donkey; Gus Hedges, George Dent, Helen Cooper, Sally Smedley, Henry Davenport, Damien Day and others.
- George Cragge in In the Red and sequels by Mark Tavener
- Bridget Jones, from Helen Fielding's columns, novels and films.
- Rita Skeeter, from the Harry Potter series.
- 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.
United States
- Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane
- 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.
- Vicki Vale in the Batman series from the DC Universe superhero comics, and the 1989 movie.
- Snapper Carr, a television news reporter in the Justice League and Justice League Unlimited television series.
- Kermit the Frog from Sesame Street 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.
- April O'Neil, an anchorwoman for Channel 6 news in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe.
- Vic Sage in The Question series from the DC Universe superhero comics.
- Murphy Brown from the show of the same name, along with other FYI staffers Jim Dial, Frank Fontana, Corky Sherwood, and Miles Silverberg.
- Lou Grant TV series of the same name.
- Carl Kolchak, from Kolchak: The Night Stalker
- Trevor Newsworthy from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air TV series.
- Kent Brockman from The Simpsons TV series.
- Spider Jerusalem, the Gonzo journalist of the future from the graphic novel Transmetropolitan.
- Bryan Denton, reporter for the New York Sun in Disney's musical Newsies.
- Brenda Starr, reporter for the Chicago newspaper The Flash from the Brenda Starr comic strip and movies.
- Amy Amanda "Triple A" Allen, reporter who covered The A-Team in the TV show.
- Melvin Frohike, Richard "Ringo" Langly and John Fitzgerald Byers, a.k.a. The Lone Gunmen, who covered conspiracies in their self-titled magazine and The Magic Bullet on The X-Files and their own spinoff series, The Lone Gunmen.
- Jack McGee, reporter for The National Register in the TV series The Incredible Hulk.
- Sweet Polly Purebred, reporter for TTV in the TV series Underdog. Her boss was O.J. Squeeze.
- Ron Burgundy, anchorman for the San Diego Channel Four News Team in the movie Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgundy, 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.
- Larry Appleton from Perfect Strangers.
For definitive information on the image of the journalist in popular culture, see www.ijpc.org
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