periodista
/peɾjoˈdista/ · B1 · noun · mf
journalist
📰🎤 periódico (newspaper) + -ista = newspaper person
A periódico is a newspaper, named for coming out periodically. Add -ista, as in artista or dentista, and you get the person who writes it. The word stays periodista for both men and women: el periodista, la periodista.