Wilman (asker) Nov 15, 2007:

Hi Orientalhorizon, the examples above were two separate ones that appeared in two different pieces. Sorry for the confusion. I agree with frank and am inclined to use 'author/reporter' because of the neutrality issue but would like to 'poll the audience' : ) to confirm. Thank you everyone.

orientalhorizon Nov 15, 2007:

If "笔者"and "记者" refers to the same author, then just "I" or "my" as appropriate.

orientalhorizon Nov 15, 2007:

First I think we should know the context, the "笔者" is definitely the author, but if he/she is citing some information from a reporter, then, "笔者" and "记者" would be two different people, in this case, "笔者" would be "I", and "记者", "the reporter"