a person whose job is to write in a newspaper about social events and the private and personal lives of famous people 漫谈栏,茶话栏(报刊有关社交活动和名人私生活的专栏) No photographers or gossip columnists were allowed in. 摄影师和八卦专栏作家不得入内。 The gossip columnists ran the story as fact without checking the source. 漫谈专栏作家不核实消息来源,把传闻当成真事来写。