cub reporter

Noun

 * 1)  A young, inexperienced reporter employed by a newspaper or magazine.
 * 2) * 1967, Carlos Baker, "His Beat Was The World," (review of By-line: Ernest Hemingway, edited by William White), New York Times, 28 May, p. SM49:
 * He had begun at 18 as a cub reporter for The Kansas City Star.
 * He had begun at 18 as a cub reporter for The Kansas City Star.