diary keeper do n’t always get the good pat in science fiction and fantasy . For every truth - engage scribbler , there ’s a horde of hero - besmirch Rita Skeeters . But that does n’t intend the musical style is completely without its ink - defile hoagie . Here ’s our roster of all - stars .
Georgia Mason , Feed
When the bushed rose , the mainstream medium did n’t take it seriously . blogger did . That means in the post - zombie reality , they have a great passel of credibleness and do much of the macrocosm ’s serious investigative journalism . Up - and - comer Georgia Mason stands out among this hard - nosed bunch as the most dedicated , the most serious , and the most unfit - piece of ass . She put on all black . owe to an heart term , she never takes off her dark glasses . She use up caffeine by the pitcher full , she has no longanimity for flacks or bullshitters , and she is whole unfearing in the face of zombies .
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Lois Lane , Superman
It ’s a salutary matter her best oeuvre brother is secretly the Man of Steel , because Lois Lane lay by any inherent aptitude for self - conservation when chasing a tale . She ’ll lob questions at the most corrupt of politicians and she ’s not afraid of sneaking in a side door to do a little detecting . Superman has all kinds of powers to help oneself him push crime , but Lois just jumps into the disturbance with a pen and a notepad and a byline and starts crack figurative skull .
William De Worde , Discworld
April O’Neil , teen Mutant Ninja Turtles
When not being kidnapped by Shredder for leverage against the Turtles , this intrepid newsman covers the urban center for Channel 6 News . In temperament , she bears a strong resemblance to Lois Lane ( though the rather fashionable Daily Planet reporter would belike pop off before putting on that sensationalistic jumpsuit ) . And she demands her editorial independence . Despite her gaffer ’s best efforts , she absolutely refuses to limn her slimy green friend as a menace to the metropolis .
Ford Prefect , The Hitchhiker ’s Guide to the Galaxy
It ’s toilsome not to read traveling writing and be entirely consumed with invidia of the writer . That feeling is strong enough when reading a Budget Travel write - up of Yellowstone Park . imagine the living of a galactic change of location writer is even forged . And Prefect lives up to all the hard - partying , unvoiced - drinking stereotype magnificently . His chance exact a turning for the spoilt when he gets stuck on Earth , but that ’s all part of the romance , right ?
Susan Rodriguez , The Dresden Files
When we first meet the investigative newsperson for the Chicago Arcane in Storm Front , she ’s tailing Harry Dresden , looking for a grievous bodily harm . Susan is gorgeous and charming and witty and not shy about enforce her considerable charms to bewilder our protagonist into giving up information on his up-to-the-minute compositor’s case . The two finally wind up in a kinship , though that does n’t work out so well for Susan .
Sarble the Eye , Consider Phlebas
Sarble the Eye is a free lance reporter , whom cant describe as one of the mechanical man galaxy ’s “ most successful at getting into place he was n’t speculate to . ” course , that means he ’s capable to sneak into the secret plan of Damage played on Vavatch right before they blow the orbital . In fact , by the time we hear about Sarble , we ’ve already meet her . Horza bumps into a tiara - wearing woman and agnize only by and by the headpiece was really a camera . Maybe Sarble is n’t even a individual soul , but a squad of reporters . It ’s never made vindicated . While the character ’s appearance in this monolithic novel is brief , it ’s plenty of time to inspire stunned admiration .
Ben Caxton , Stranger in a Strange Land
Ok , so Ben turns out to be kind of a prude . But he earns his place on this list for being a persistent irritant in the side of future - Earth ’s sketchy macrocosm government . His column , Crow ’s Nest , tends toward muckrake indictments of the powerful . When he hears from his nanny girlfriend how the latterly discovered Martian is locked up and isolated in a infirmary , he like a shot take over there ’s something nefarious afoot and star making plans to fall apart him out . Because being a pest is n’t just an line , it ’s a vocation .
Sarah Jane Smith , Doctor Who
It ’s soft to forget , present her tenure with the Doctor was marked more by Earth - saving than newsprint , but Sarah Jane Smith was put in as an challenging young magazine journalist . She only meets the Time Lord in the first place because she cabbage into a top - secret government facility mask as her auntie , a famous virologist , to investigate the disappearance of a figure of scientist . And while her leaning to wander off is madden , it does establish good fact - gather instincts . Besides , you would n’t sit and wait in the TARDIS , either .
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Spider Jerusalem , Transmetropolitan
What ’s any round - up of journalist without at least one gonzo ? Incomplete , that ’s what . His inclination of vices is comprehensive : he drinks , he fume , he does drug , his temper is god - horrendous , and he ’s the ultimate misanthropist . But he is also an evangelist for The Truth , and he ’s not give way to permit anyone who abuses their major power get aside with it .
Edison Carter , Max Headroom
That thunk you all heard around 1:30 EST was this author ’s head slay her desk for block this exemplar . Edison Carter is the type of newsperson every journalist shin to be . As internet 23 ’s nonmigratory bulldog , he pursues stories without gaze for what the suits upstairs desire . When his corporate master are up to something suspicious , he does n’t hesitate to root it out . It ’s even his genius that gives nascency to Max Headroom himself — when he ’s strike hard out in a suspicious motorcycle accident , coworker and tech genius Bryce Lynch snatch a written matter of his brain data point and download it to a computer , creating the personality ( the name being the last words Edison saw before the smash ) .
And in conclusion :
Carl Kolchak , Kolchak : The Night Stalker
Keeping tabs on local law-breaking is nothing out of the ordinary for a reporter . What ’s unusual is choosing to investigate the outright weird character the police wo n’t bother with , and that ’s what Carl Kolchak makes his mission . The reporter wanders around Chicago chasing supernatural or science fictional story , though he sometimes has problems find sufficient evidence for his claims . Over the years , the character has appeared in novels , amusing books , multiple TV show , and a handful of television movies , as well .
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