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* Okamura from ''[[Blood+ (Anime)|Blood Plus]]'' follows the main characters all around the world.

* Diethard joins the Black Knights from ''[[Code Geass (Anime)|Code Geass]]'' solely because he finds Lelouch interesting.

* In ''[[Monster (Mangamanga)|Monster]]'', Grimmer joins up with Dr. Tenma in order to figure out what was going on at the Red Rose Mansion--while he is a traveling freelance journalist, his actions are for personal reasons as he {{spoiler|was part of Bonaparta's child experimentation going on there.}}

* The anime adaptation of ''[[Toriko (Manga)|Toriko]]'' adds a news reporter called Tina. Her main role being to serve as the host in the end of show segments.

* Edward Malone in ''[[The Lost World (Literaturenovel)|The Lost World]]''.

* Brodie on ''[[Homicide Life On the Street (TV)|Homicide: Life On the Street]]'' starts out as a TV news intern and ends up being a "crime scene recorder", getting videotape of crime scenes and the crowds around them.

* ''[[Quantum Leap (TV)|Quantum Leap]]'': Sam leaps into a member of his brother's Navy SEAL squad in [[Vietnam]], and there's a female photojournalist embedded with them. Sam has to make a choice between saving her or his brother.

* Jake Sisko on ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV)|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'' returns to the station as a combat reporter on the Dominion War. Since his father is one of the leaders of the anti-Dominion forces, it's pretty clear where his sympathies lie.

* The ''[[Shadowrun (Tabletop Game)|Shadowrun]]'' supplement ''Shadowbeat'' mentions this as a way of including a Reporter character on a shadow team's missions, as either a [[PC]] or [[NPC]]. One of the short stories has a video reporter tagging along on a mission to bring badly needed medical supplies to an underground group that's suffering from disease.

* Frederick winds up working for the Carrion Crows in ''[[Front Mission (Video Game)|Front Mission]]'' after interrupting one of their missions looking for a scoop. Unusually for this trope, you have the option of putting him on the front line and making him fight alongside your other soldiers, since ''Front Mission'' is a [[Humongous Mecha]] game.

* ''[[Guild Wars (Video Game)|Guild Wars]]'' has this is the form of [http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Shing_Jea_Sherman Shing Jea Sherman] who follows the player and his/her party and other players and spouts out random quotes mostly concerning of the various titles and achievements. Even his main dialogue window exemplifies this trope, "I'm working on a new piece for the Monastery Gazette. A sexy exposé on all things adventurous. I can tell by your smell that you're on a mission...or out of soap. How I would love to follow you on your exploits. Watch you destroy your enemies with ruthless impunity; witness how you scrub those tough-to-clean blood stains off your armor. Allow me the privilege to tag along and observe, would you?"

* In ''[[Illbleed (Video Game)|Illbleed]]'', Jorg Baker is a newspaper investigator who came to cover the titular theme park but gets caught up in Chapter 5's events. He quickly realizes that he's in over his head and simply follows the player character through the chapter as a detective. {{spoiler|Afterwards, he becomes a playable character too.}}

* In ''[[Manhunt (Video Gameseries)|Manhunt]]'', a journalist accompanies you during an [[Escort Mission]]. After you lead her safely to her apartment, she promises to break the story about your treatment at the hands of [[Big Bad]] Starkweather.

* Kylie Koopa in ''[[Mario and Luigi Partners In Time (Video Game)|Mario and Luigi Partners In Time]]''.

* Diana Allers in ''[[Mass Effect 3 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 3]]'', who is considered a War Asset if allowed to tag along on the ''Normandy'' and report on its crew's battles. Justified in her case in that she is member of a military-sanctioned news network and actually requests permission to join Shepard.

* ''[[Suikoden V (Video Game)|Suikoden V]]'': Taylor is a reporter who can be receuited for Frey's army. You'll first find him questioning the guards outside (note: your castle must be lvl. 2 or higher for this event). He'll then ask to use different areas of of the castle for interviews, agree each time (four in all) and he'll join you. From then on he chronicles the war against the Godwins. You can even read each issue (they're posted in the restaurant area) at your leisure.

* Carley in ''[[The Walking Dead (Videovideo Gamegame)|The Walking Dead]]'' video game. She is also an [[Action Girl]] who learned how to shoot while an embedded reporter.

* Ms. Ellet, the war correspondent that befriends Squad 7 in ''[[Valkyria Chronicles (Video Game)|Valkyria Chronicles]]''.

* "Paperboy" Higgins in ''[[Roughnecks Starship Troopers Chronicles (Animation)|Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles]]'' is a FedNet reporter attached to the Roughnecks and the narrator of the series. He's often a liability though Rico does give him some training.

* April O'Neill to the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Franchise)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]].