by Liza Marklund Mikael Blomkvist, from the Millennium series by Stieg Larsson United Kingdom Individual journalists Becky Burdock, from Jack Staff comics George Cragge, from In the Red and sequels by Mark Tavener Froud, from the novel Stowaway to Mars by John Wyndham Bridget Jones, from Helen Fielding's columns, novels and films Jack Parlabane, from the novels of Christopher Brookmyre Ford Prefect, from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series Katie Reed, from Kim Newman's Anno Dracula series Vivian Rook, from the Doctor Who episode "The Sound of Drums" Rita Skeeter, from the Harry Potter series Sarah Jane Smith, from the television series Doctor Who Jim Stevens, from the Inspector Rebus novels by Ian Rankin. Mattie Storin, House of Cards Jasmine Thomas, Emmerdale Polly Becker, EastEnders Tony Hills, EastEnders William Boot, Scoop Thomas Fowler, The Quiet American John Dyson, Towards the End of the Morning Clint Smoker, Yellow Dog Rupert Psmith, Psmith, Journalist Groups of U.K. journalists 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 GlobeLink News staff in Drop the Dead Donkey; Gus Hedges, George Dent, Helen Cooper, Sally Smedley, Henry Davenport, Damien Day and others Daily Express journalists Peter Stelling (played by Edward Judd) and Bill Maguire (played by Leo McKern), The Day the Earth Caught Fire United States Individual journalists Chick Adams, reporter in New York City played by Jack Weston, on the CBS sitcom My Sister Eileen (1960–1961) Ichabod Adams, former newspaper owner played by George Chandler on CBS's sitcom Ichabod and Me (1961–1962) Nick Alexander, reporter played by Nick Adams, on NBC's Saints and Sinners (1962) Amy Amanda "Triple A" Allen, reporter who covered The A-Team in the TV series by the same name Celeste Anders, reporter for the New York Express, played by Celeste Holm in the CBS sitcom Honestly, Celeste! (1954) Matt Anders, freelance anti-communist journalist at the height of the Cold War, played by Brian Keith in the 1955-1956 CBS adventure/drama Crusader Ben Andrews, police reporter in syndicated Manhunt, played from 1959 to 1961 by Patrick McVey Larry Appleton from Perfect Strangers Tally Atwater, broadcast journalist in the 1996 film Up Close & Personal Matt Bai, with Yahoo! News in the political thriller series House of Cards Billy Batson, radio news reporter and the secret