correspondent in WordNet English dictionary

1. similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
   "brains and computers are often considered analogous"; "salmon roe is marketed as analogous to caviar"
   analogous  correspondent 
   

1. someone who communicates by means of letters
   correspondent  letter writer 
   
2. a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
   correspondent  newspaperman  newspaperwoman  newswriter  pressman